Mughal Empire AH 11xx/8 1/2 rupee KM-433.4
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This specimen was lot 2406 in Steve Album Auction 55 (Santa Rosa, CA, May 2026), where it sold for $144. The catalog description[1] noted, "MUGHAL: Muhammad Shah, 1719-1748, AR 1/2 rupee, Surat, year 8, an attractive nearly mint state example, PCGS graded AU58." The auctioneers attributed this example to KM 470, which is a half rupee of Shah Jahan III. The present type, KM 433.4, was struck years 1-20, 24-27, none with complete calendar dates.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specifications: 5.5-5.8 g, silver, silver, this specimen 5.77 g.
Catalog reference: KM-433.4.
- Album, Stephen. Checklist of Islamic Coins. Santa Rosa, 1998. Stephen Album.
- 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 55, featuring Selections from the Swamperbob Gurney Collection of Cap & Ray 8 Reales, the Kenneth A. Bovenkamp Collection of Ottoman Coins and the 1914 Collection of World Coins, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2026.
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