Mughal Empire AH 1052/16 rupee KM-235.7

Steve Album sale 51, lot 2606

This specimen was lot 2606 in Steve Album Auction 51 (Santa Rosa, CA, January 2025), where it sold for $132. The catalog description^[1] noted, "MUGHAL: Shah Jahan I, 1628-1658, AR rupee, Bhakhar, AH1052 year 16, lovely bold strike, AU." Shah Jahan is most remembered today for having built the Taj Mahal as a mausoleum for his wife. His successors after Aurangzeb (r. 1658-1707) were not able to cope with external attack, Hindu rebellion and civil war and the empire broke up in the eighteenth century. Bhakhar struck this style years 7-32.

Recorded mintage: unknown but slightly scarce.

Specifications: 11.44 g, silver, this specimen 11.50 g.

Catalog reference: KM-235.7.

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 1051/15 (1641) rupee, Tatta mint
• AH 1051/15 mohur, Kashmir mint
• AH 1052/16 mohur, Lahore mint
• AH 1053/17 (1644) rupee, Surat mint
• Coins and currency dated 1642