Mughal Empire AH 1045/8 rupee KM-235.19

Steve Album sale 54, lot 2191

This specimen was lot 2191 in Steve Album Auction 54 (Santa Rosa, CA, January 2026), where it sold for $360. The catalog description^[1] noted, "MUGHAL: Shah Jahan I, 1628-1658, AR rupee, Multan, AH1045 year 8, NGC graded AU55." Shah Jahan is most remembered today for having built the Taj Mahal as a mausoleum for his wife. This mint struck this rupee in this style during AH 1042-1069. Twenty-five other mints shared in this issue.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 11.2-11.6 g, silver.

Catalog reference: KM-235.19.

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.

Link to:

• AH 1044 rupee, Burhanpur mint
• AH 1045/9 mohur, Akbarabad mint
• AH 1049/13 rupee, Tatta mint
• Coins and currency dated 1635