Mughal Empire AH 1025/11 rupee KM-149.2

Stack's Bowers 2023 NYINC sale, lot 42077

This specimen was lot 42077 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2023), where it sold for $216. The catalog description^[1] noted, "INDIA. Mughal Empire. Rupee, AH 1025 Year 11 (1616). Ahmadabad Mint. Muhammad Jahangir. NGC MS-62." This rupee was struck at twenty mints. It was struck at Ahmadabad for years 8-12. The Mughal Empire dominated India during the seventeenth century but broke up in the eighteenth century under external attack, Hindu rebellion and civil war. This collapse allowed European colonizers entry into the subcontinent and eventual British control.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 11.44 g, silver.

Catalog reference: KM-149.2.

Source:

• Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
• ^[1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The January 2023 NYINC Auction: Ancient Coins, World Coins & Paper Money, featuring the Taraszka Collection and the Mark and Dottie Salton Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2022.

Link to:

• AH 1023/8 rupee, Agra mint
• AH 1023/9 rupee, Qandahar mint
• AH 1023 rupee, Ahmadabad mint
• AH 1023/9 (1613) rupee, Patna mint
• AH 1023/9 mohur, Ajmer mint
• AH 1025/11 (1616) rupee, Patna mint
• AH 1026/12 square rupee, Agra mint
• Coins and currency dated 1616