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[[Image:SA52-0670.jpg|550px|thumb|Stephen Album sale 52, lot 670]]

This specimen was lot 670 in Steve Album Auction 52 (Santa Rosa, CA, May 2025), where it sold for $312. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "[[India, Mughal Empire|MUGHAL]]: Akbar I, 1556-1605, AR square rupee, Fathpur, AH986, superb bold strike! AU." This type was struck at Fathpur AH 985-989 and at seven other mints, including [[Mughal Empire AH 988 rupee KM-82.1|Ahmadabad]], [[Mughal Empire AH 986 rupee KM-82.3|Jaunpur]] and [[Mughal Empire AH 996 rupee KM-82.4|Katak]]. Wikipedia comments, "Situated 35.7 kilometres (22.2 mi) from the district headquarters of Agra, Fatehpur Sikri itself was founded as the capital of the Mughal Empire in 1571 by Emperor Akbar, serving this role from 1571 to 1585, when Akbar abandoned it due to a campaign in Punjab and was later completely abandoned in 1610."

''Recorded mintage:'' unknown.

''Specification:'' 11.44 g, silver, this specimen 11.36 g.

''Catalog reference:'' KM-82.2.

''[[Bibliography|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.
* <sup>[1]</sup>Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Dustin Wagner, ''Auction 52, featuring the Dr. Robert A. Rosenfeld Collection and the Almer H. Orr III Collection'', Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2025.

''Links to:''
* [[Mughal Empire AH 984 rupee KM-80.2|AH 984 (1576) rupee, Ahmadabad Mint]]
* [[Mughal Empire AH 984 mohur Fr-720a|AH 984 (1576) mohur, Ahmadabad mint]]
* [[Mughal Empire IE 22 rupee KM-93.11|IE 22 (1577-78) rupee, Lahore Mint]]
* [[Mughal Empire AH 986 rupee KM-80.2|AH 986 rupee, Ahmadabad mint]]
* [[Mughal Empire AH 986 rupee KM-82.3|AH 986 square rupee, Jaunpur mint]]
* [[Mughal Empire AH 986 mohur Fr-720a|AH 986 mohur, Jaunpur mint]]
* [[Mughal Empire AH 987 rupee KM-82.1|AH 987 (1579) square rupee, Ahmadabad mint]]
* [[Mughal Empire AH 989 1/12 mohur KM-100|AH 989 (1581) 1/12 mohur, Badakhshan mint]]
* [[Mughal Empire AH 1000 mohur Fr-724c|AH 1000 (1591) square mohur]] 
* [[Coins and currency dated 1578]]

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