Jaintiapur SE1630 rupee

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from Steve Album sale 45, lot 2237

This specimen was lot 2237 in Stephen Album sale 45 (Santa Rosa, CA, January 2023), where it sold for $900. The catalog description[1] noted, "JAINTIAPUR: Jaya Narayan, 1708-1731, AR rupee, SE1630, beautifully centered strike, VF, RR, ex David Cashin Collection." The state of Jaintiapur in Assam was a dependency of Cooch Behar in the sixteenth century but regained its independence in the seventeenth century. The kingdom was contended between the East India Company and Burma until 1835, when the British permanently annexed it. Coins are dated using the Shaka Era, which is the AD date minus 78 years.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specifications: 9.2 g, silver, this specimen 9.69 g.

Catalog reference: KM-160.

Sources:

  • 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 Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 45, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2022.

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