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This specimen was lot 2323 in Steve Album Auction 55 (Santa Rosa, CA, May 2026), where it sold for $240. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "[[India, Mughal Empire|MUGHAL]]: Akbar I, 1556-1605, AR square rupee, Ahmadabad, IE39, month of Ardibihisht, NGC graded AU55." This rupee was struck at ten mints, including [[Mughal Empire IE 39 rupee KM-88.2|Delhi]], [[Mughal Empire IE 38 rupee KM-88|Surat]] and [[Mughal Empire IE 38 rupee KM-88.3|Lahore]], starting in IE 35. It was struck at Ahmadabad for IE 38-39 with some examples dated IE 30 in error. The Ilahi Era (IE) was a solar calendar used during Akbar's reign for the dating of coinage and was abandoned a few years after his death.

''Recorded mintage'': unknown.

''Specifications'': 11.2-11.6 g, silver.

''Catalog reference:'' KM-88.1.

''[[Bibliography|Sources:]]''
* 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.
* <sup>[1]</sup>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.

''Links:''
* [[Mughal Empire IE 37 rupee KM-88.3|IE 37 (1592) square rupee, Ahmadabad mint]]
* [[Mughal Empire IE 38 rupee KM-88|IE 38 (1593-94) square rupee, Surat mint]]
* [[Mughal Empire IE 38 rupee KM-88.3|IE 38 (1593-94) square rupee, Lahore mint]]
* [[Mughal Empire IE 39 rupee KM-88.2|IE 39 square rupee, Delhi mint]]
* [[Mughal Empire IE 39 rupee KM-93.2|IE 39 nazarana rupee, Ahmadabad mint]]
* [[Mughal Empire IE 40 rupee KM-93.11|IE 40 (1595-96) nazarana rupee, Lahore mint]]
* [[Mughal Empire IE 41 rupee KM-88.2|IE 41 (1596-97) square rupee, Delhi mint]]
* [[Coins and currency dated 1594]]

[[Category:Selections from Stephen Album sale 55]][[Category:Coinage of the Indian states]]

Mughal Empire IE 39 rupee KM-88.1 - Revision history

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