Mughal Empire AH 1042/5 rupee KM-A227
This specimen was lot 653 in Steve Album Auction 51 (Santa Rosa, CA, January 2025), where it sold for $216. The catalog description[1] noted, "MUGHAL: Shah Jahan I, 1628-1658, AR rupee, Akbarabad, AH1042 year 5, this type struck only at Akbarabad in AH1041 and 1042 year 4 and 1042 year 5; 4 examples on Zeno, all from different sets of dies; 3 testmarks, bold strike, XF, RRR. The only example on CoinArchives was rough Fine condition, sold at Baldwin's Auction 47, lot 725, in 2006." The emperor Shah Jahan is today remembered for erecting the Taj Mahal for his wife. The SCWC lists only AH 1042, year 5, for this uncommon type.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specifications: 11.44 g, silver, this specimen 11.39 g.
Catalog reference: KM-A227, Zeno-319364 (same obverse die, reverse die has the date 1042 in a different location).
- 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 1041/x rupee, Ahmadabad mint
- AH 1041/4 rupee, Bhakhar mint
- AH 1041/4 rupee, Tatta mint
- AH 1041/5 rupee, Kashmir mint
- AH 1041/5 rupee, Ujjain mint
- AH 1041/5 rupee, Tatta mint
- AH 1042/x rupee, Zafarnagar mint
- (AH 1042)/5 rupee, Qandahar mint
- AH 1042/5 rupee, Patna mint
- AH 1042/5 rupee, Burhanpur mint
- AH 1042/6 rupee, Jahangirnagar mint
- AH 1042/6 square rupee, Multan mint
- AH 1042/4 mohur, Burhanpur mint
- AH 1043/6 rupee, Akbarnagar mint
- AH 1043/6 rupee, Burhanpur mint
- AH 1043/6 rupee, Multan mint
- AH 1043/6 rupee, Bhakhar mint
- Coins and currency dated 1632