Mughal Empire AH 989 1/2 rupee KM-61.1
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This specimen was lot 653 in Steve Album Auction 55 (Santa Rosa, CA, May 2026), where it sold for $480. The catalog description[1] noted, "MUGHAL: Akbar I, 1556-1605, AR square 1/2 rupee (Ahmadabad), AH989, wonderful strike; this style and date was struck only at Ahmadabad, XF, R." This mint struck this type AH 988-992, 997-1001 along with three other mints. It is fairly common, particularly for a generally scarce denomination.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specifications: 5.72 g, silver, this specimen 5.66 g.
Catalog reference: KM-61.1.
- Album, Stephen. Checklist of Islamic Coins. Santa Rosa, 1998. Stephen Album.
- 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 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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