Maratha (1763)/9 rupee
This specimen was lot 75454 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2025), where it sold for $105. The catalog description[1] noted, "INDIA. Maratha Confederacy. Rupee, Year 9 (1763). Ahmadabad Mint. In the name of Muhammad Shah. NGC MS-62." The Marathas were an alliance of Hindu princely families formed to resist the encroachment of the Mughal Empire in the seventeenth century. Major names included the Peshwas, the Gaekwars, the Bhonslas, the Holkars and the Sindhias, all of whom formed independent states when the confederacy broke up at the end of the eighteenth century. This rupee was struck in the name of the Mughal emperor at the Ahmadabad mint during years 5-38 (AH 1177-1209). It is common. The Marathas operated over thirty mints at this time. Muhammed Shah died in 1748.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 10.7-11.6 g, Silver, 22.36 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: KM-251.
- Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, February 2025 World Collectors Choice Online Auction - Ancients, World Coins & World Paper Money, David B. Simpson Medals & World Coins Part 1, Selections from the Richard Margolis Collection, and Selections from the L. E. Bruun Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2025.
Link to:
- Maratha AH 1171/5 rupee KM-229 Balwantnagar mint
- (1762)/9 rupee, Aurangnagar mint
- Maratha AH 1177/3 rupee Kora mint
- Coins and currency dated 1763