Mughal Empire AH 1031/16 rupee KM-149.4

Stephen Album sale 50, lot 2482

This specimen was lot 2482 in Stephen Album sale 50 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2024), where it sold for $204. The catalog description^[1] noted, "MUGHAL: Jahangir, 1605-1628, AR rupee, Ahmadabad, AH1031 year 16, bold strike, well-centered, especially on the reverse, NGC graded MS62." This type was struck at twenty mints and is fairly common. The Ahmadabad mint is listed for years 3 thru 19.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 11.0-11.6 g, silver, this specimen 11.34 g.

Catalog reference: KM-149.4.

Source:

• Album, Stephen. Checklist of Islamic Coins. Santa Rosa, 1998. Stephen Album.
• 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 50, featuring selections from the Dr. Robert A. Rosenfeld Collection, the Hakim Hamidi Collection, the Almer H. Orr III Collection and the Solar Collection, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2024.

Links to:

• AH 1030/16 rupee, Patna mint
• AH 1030/16 (1621) mohur, zodiac series, Taurus, Agra mint
• AH 1031/16 rupee, Surat Mint
• AH 1033/17 rupee, Surat mint
• AH 1033/18 half rupee, Surat mint
• AH 1034/20 (1625) rupee, Kabul mint
• Coins and currency dated 1621