Mughal Empire AH 1131/1 rupee KM-415.21

Steve Album sale 54, lot 2197

This specimen was lot 2197 in Steve Album Auction 54 (Santa Rosa, CA, January 2026), where it sold for $180. The catalog description^[1] noted, "MUGHAL: Shah Jahan II, 1719, AR rupee, Murshidabad, AH113(1) year one (ahad), VF, Scarce." This type was struck year 1 only (Shah Jahan's reign was short) at thirty mints.

Recorded mintage: unknown but a scarce mint of a scarce type.

Specification: 11.0-11.6 g, silver, this specimen 11.57 g.

Catalog reference: KM-415.21.

Source:

• Album, Stephen, Checklist of Islamic Coins, 3rd Ed. Santa Rosa, Stephen Album Rare Coins, 2011.
• Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
• ^[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 1131/1 rupee, Ahmadabad mint, Rafi-ud-Darjat
• AH 1131/1 rupee, Lahore mint, Rafi-ud-Darjat
• AH 1131/1 rupee, Tatta mint, Shah Jahan II
• AH 1132/1 rupee, Shahjahanabad (Delhi) mint, Muhammad Ibrahim
• Coins and currency dated 1719