Mughal Empire AH 1068/1 1/2 rupee KM-270.2

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Stack's Bowers 2023 NYINC sale, lot 42084
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from Steve Album sale 45, lot 890

The first specimen was lot 42084 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2023), where it sold for $660. The catalog description[1] noted, "INDIA. Mughal Empire. 1/2 Rupee, AH 1068 Year 1 (1658). Surat Mint. Muhammad Murad Baksh. NGC MS-63." The second specimen was lot 890 in Stephen Album sale 45 (Santa Rosa, CA, January 2023), where it sold for $2,880. The catalog description[2] noted, "MUGHAL: Murad Bakhsh, 1658, AR ½ rupee, Surat, AH(1068), a lovely mint state example of this very rare denomination! NGC graded MS63, RR." Muhammad Murad Bakhsh (Urdu: مُحمّد مُراد بخش‎), (1624-1661) was a Mughal prince and the youngest son of Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan and Empress Mumtaz Mahal. He was the Subedar of Balkh, till he was replaced by his elder brother Aurangzeb in the year 1647. He made an attempt to seize the throne after Shah Jahan's death but was defeated and captured by Aurangzeb. He was eventually executed in prison on trumped up charges. This type was struck at Ahmadabad, Surat (shown here) and Khambayat mints in 1658. The Mughal Empire dominated India during the seventeenth century but broke up in the eighteenth century under external attack, Hindu rebellion and civil war. This collapse allowed European colonizers entry into the subcontinent and eventual British control.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 5.72 g, silver.

Catalog reference: KM-270.2.

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]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The January 2023 NYINC Auction: Ancient Coins, World Coins & Paper Money, featuring the Taraszka Collection and the Mark and Dottie Salton Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2022.
  • [2]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 45, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2022.

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