Madras (1695)/39 rupee
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This specimen was lot 2638 in Steve Album Auction 55 (Santa Rosa, CA, May 2026), where it sold for $510. The catalog description[1] noted, "MADRAS PRESIDENCY: AR rupee, Chinapatan, year 39, in the name of Aurangzeb; rare date, VF-XF, R." This type was struck in the name of the Mughal emperor years 38-51. Only year 38 has the AH 1103 date. Chinapattan is a town south of Madras (Chennai), known to the British as Chingleput and today called Chengalpattu.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 11.59 g, silver, 23.4 mm diameter, this specimen 11.55 g.
Catalog reference: Stv-2.3, KM-A289.
- Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
- Stevens, Paul, The Coins of the English East India Company, Presidency Series: A Catalogue and Pricelist. London, Spink & Son Ltd, 2017.
- [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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