Bombay AH 1215/46 rupee KM-221
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This specimen was lot 609 in Stephen Album sale 50 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2024), where it sold for $6,000. The catalog description[1] noted, "BOMBAY PRESIDENCY: AR rupee, Surat, AH1215 year 46, East India Company issue in the name of Shah Alam II, vertical milling, struck in Calcutta with frozen mint and date, a lovely proof quality example! NGC graded Proof 63, RR. According to Pridmore, this issue was declared legal tender by Proclamation dated October 17, 1832, and was the first silver issue struck at the new Bombay mint. The style is similar to the Calcutta rupee issue of Pridmore-284. struck at Calcutta, 1823-1824."
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 11.59 g, silver.
Catalog reference: KM-221, Stv-3.32. Prid-285.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- Stevens, Paul, The Coins of the English East India Company, Presidency Series: A Catalogue and Pricelist. London, Spink & Son Ltd, 2017.
- [1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 50, featuring selections from the Dr. Robert A. Rosenfeld Collection, the Hakim Hamidi Collection, the Almer H. Orr III Collection and the Solar Collection, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2024.
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