Mughal Empire AH 1219/46 rupee KM-693
This specimen was lot 2629 in Steve Album Auction 55 (Santa Rosa, CA, May 2026), where it sold for $144. The catalog description[1] noted, "BENGAL PRESIDENCY: AR rupee, Saharanpur, AH1219 year 46, East India Company issue, in the name of Shah Alam II, vertical sprig left of regnal year, a pleasing lustrous mint state example! PCGS graded MS62. Saharanpur was ceded to the East India Company in 1803 from the Sindhia Marathas, and the mint was permanently closed in or shortly before September 1805. This type is listed under the Mughal Empire in the Standard Catalog of World Coins." Mughal control of Saharanpur was purely nominal at this time, the province having been conquered by the Rohillas in the 1740's and contested between them and the Marathas in the 1780's. The British annexed the town in 1803. This mint, whether controlled by the Mughals or the British, was used to strike several rupees, including KM 675 (AH 1216-1218), KM 676 (AH 1216-1217), KM 692 (AH 1218), KM 693 (shown here, struck AH 1217-1219) and KM 694 (struck AH 1218-1220).
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 11.44 g, silver, this specimen 11.09 g.
Catalog reference: KM-693, Stv-8.128.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- Stevens, Paul, The Coins of the English East India Company, Presidency Series: A Catalogue and Pricelist. London, Spink & Son Ltd, 2017.
- [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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