Cambay AH 1313(17) rupee
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This specimen was lot 2486 in Steve Album Auction 55 (Santa Rosa, CA, May 2026), where it sold for $120. The catalog description[1] noted, "CAMBAY: Jafar Ali Khan, 1880-1915, AR rupee, Kambayat, AH1313 year 17, nearly XF, R." Khambayat was a port on the Arabian Sea a little north of Surat. Its medieval name was Cambay and it is now known as Khambat in Gujarat state. This type was struck AH 1311, 1313 and 1317 and is scarce. Half, quarter and eighth rupees exist from this ruler.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 10.7-11.6 g, silver, this specimen 11.37 g.
Catalog reference: KM Y10.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- [1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Hanbing Feng, Auction 55, featuring Selections from the Swamperbob Gurney Collection of Cap & Ray 8 Reales, the Kenneth A. Bovenkamp Collection of Ottoman Coins and the 1914 Collection of World Coins, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2026.
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