Mughal Empire (1746)/29 1/2 rupee KM-433.8
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This specimen was lot 695 in Steve Album Auction 52 (Santa Rosa, CA, May 2025), where it sold for $336. The catalog description[1] noted, "MUGHAL: Muhammad Shah, 1719-1748, AR 1/2 rupee, Murshidabad, year 29, bold strike, nicely toned, XF-AU, R, ex SARC Auction 17, Lot 1235. This appears to be the only example of KM-433.8 offered in any public auction other than one piece sold as part of a group in India." This type is listed for Murshidabad for years 12, 17, 29. Fifteen mints participated in this issue.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 5.5-5.8 g, silver, this specimen 5.75 g.
Catalog reference: KM-433.8.
- Album, Stephen, Checklist of Islamic Coins, 3rd Ed. Santa Rosa, Stephen Album Rare Coins, 2011.
- 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 Dustin Wagner, Auction 52, featuring the Dr. Robert A. Rosenfeld Collection and the Almer H. Orr III Collection, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2025.
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