Gwalior AH 1187/15 rupee KM-218
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
This specimen was lot 2489 in Steve Album Auction 55 (Santa Rosa, CA, May 2026), where it sold for $228. The catalog description[1] noted, "GWALIOR: UJJAIN: AR rupee, Ujjain, AH1187 year 15, in the name of Shah Alam II; much original luster; wonderful strike! NGC graded MS64, R." This type was struck years 12 thru 36 and is common. Mahadji Rao, ruler of Gwalior 1761-94, also struck rupees in Gwalior Fort (KM 55). Daulat Rao (r. 1794-1827) lost Gwalior Fort to the British in 1803 but had it restored to him in 1805.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 10.7-11.6 g, silver.
Catalog reference: KM-218.
- Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
- [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.
Link to: