Hyderabad AH 1329(44) rupee
This specimen was lot 2649 in Steve Album Auction 51 (Santa Rosa, CA, January 2025), where it sold for $156. The catalog description[1] noted, "HYDERABAD: Mir Mahbub Ali Khan, 1869-1911, AR rupee, Farkhanda Bunyad, AH1329 year 44, NGC graded MS65." The princely state of Hyderabad was one of the last absorbed into the Republic of India in 1948. It was also the largest state and residence of the last remnant of Mughal suzerainty in central India. This type was struck AH 1319-1329 and is common. The years 1328-1329 are catalogued as type II, as the nizam's signature between the minarets was revised to delete a dash at the bottom.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specifications: 11.17 g, 0.818 fine silver, 30 mm diameter, reeded edge.
Catalog reference: KM Y40.2.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- [1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 51, featuring the Howard Daniel III Collection of Asian Coins, the Almer H. Orr III Collection of World Coins and the Joe Sedillot Collection of German Coins, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2024.
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