Jaipur AH 1204(32) rupee
This specimen was lot 2501 in Steve Album Auction 55 (Santa Rosa, CA, May 2026), where it sold for $192. The catalog description[1] noted, "JAIPUR (FEUDATORY): Khetri, AR rupee, Muzaffargarh, AH1204 year 32, date engraved as 124 without the zero; Khetri was a Jaipur feudatory, grand XF. Listed on KM as a Mughal mint under Shah Alam II, type KM-668." As the Mughal empire broke up in the eighteenth century, the mints slipped out of central control. However, the local nawabs continued to use Mughal designs and cite the emperor to preserve the legitimacy of their coinage. Catalog number KM 668 is listed for AH 1197/25 thru AH 1201/29 and KM 669 for years 30-47; no year 32 listed.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 10.7-11.6 g, silver, this specimen 11.21 g.
Catalog reference: KM 668.
- 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.
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