Mughal Empire AH 1027/13 rupee KM-149.14

Steve Album sale 51, lot 2555

This specimen was lot 2555 in Steve Album Auction 51 (Santa Rosa, CA, January 2025), where it sold for $60. The catalog description^[1] noted, "MUGHAL: Jahangir, 1605-1628, AR rupee, Lahore, AH1027 year 13, 2 small testmarks, strong VF." This mint struck this type years 11-15 and is fairly common. Twenty mints struck this type, of which Ahmadabad is the most common.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specifications: 11.44 g, silver, this specimen 11.37 g.

Catalog reference: KM-149.14.

Sources:

• 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 Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 51, featuring the Howard Daniel III Collection of Asian Coins, the Almer H. Orr III Collection of World Coins and the Joe Sedillot Collection of German Coins, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2024.

Links:

• AH 1026/12 square rupee, Agra mint
• AH 1026/12 rupee, Patna mint
• AH 1026/12 rupee, Tatta mint
• AH 1027 (1618) mahmudi, Mulher mint
• AH 1027/13 (1618) half rupee, zodiac series, Cancer, Ahmadabad mint
• AH 1027/13 rupee, Delhi mint
• AH 1027/13 rupee, Patna mint
• AH 1027/13 zodiac rupee, Cancer, Ahmadabad mint
• AH 1027/13 (1618) rupee, Qandahar mint
• AH 1029/14 rupee, Qandahar mint
• AH 1029/14 (1619) rupee, Lahore Mint
• Coins and currency dated 1618