Mughal Empire AH 1000 rupee KM-82.8

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Steve Album sale 54, lot 683

This specimen was lot 683 in Steve Album Auction 54 (Santa Rosa, CA, January 2026), where it sold for $510. The catalog description[1] noted, "MUGHAL: Akbar I, 1556-1605, AR square rupee, Urdu Zafar Qarin, AH1000 ("alf" is Arabic for "1000"), bold strike, with the full mint name, XF." The Mughal Empire stretched over most of India in the early seventeenth century and numerous mints struck silver rupees for the emperor. The Mughal Empire broke up in the eighteenth century under external attack, Hindu rebellion and civil war. This collapse allowed European colonizers entry into the subcontinent and eventual British control. Urdū Z̤afar Qarīn translates as, "the Camp associated with Victory", and was likely a traveling mint used when the emperor went on campaign. The SCWC lists this mint for AH 987-989 and AH 1000-1001.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 11.2-11.6 g, silver, this specimen 11.25 g.

Catalog reference: KM-82.8.

Source:

  • Album, Stephen, Checklist of Islamic Coins, 3rd Ed. Santa Rosa, Stephen Album Rare Coins, 2011.
  • Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
  • [1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Hanbing Feng, Auction 54, featuring selections from the Kenneth A. Bovenkamp Collection of Ottoman Coins, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2025.

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