Mughal Empire AH 1034/20 rupee KM-145.12

Steve Album sale 51, lot 2549

This specimen was lot 2549 in Steve Album Auction 51 (Santa Rosa, CA, January 2025), where it sold for $96. The catalog description^[1] noted, "MUGHAL: Jahangir, 1605-1628, AR rupee, Patna, AH1034 year 20, month of Ardibihisht, without any testmarks, bold VF." This mint struck this type years 6-22. Twenty mints struck this type, of which Ahmadabad and Tatta are the most common.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specifications: 11.44 g, silver, this specimen 11.43 g.

Catalog reference: KM-145.12.

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 1033/17 rupee, Surat mint
• AH 1033/18 half rupee, Surat mint
• AH 1034/19 half rupee, Surat mint, in the name of Nur Jahan
• AH 1034/19 rupee, Patna mint
• AH 1034/20 rupee, Kabul mint
• AH 1035/20 rupee, Agra mint
• AH 1035 rupee, Surat mint
• AH 1036/21 rupee, Patna mint
• AH 1036/22 rupee, Patna mint
• Coins and currency dated 1624