Jaintiapur SE1653 rupee

Stack's Bowers September 2024 Collector's Choice sale, lot 75034

This specimen was lot 75034 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, September 2024), where it did not sell. The catalog description^[1] noted, "INDIA. Jaintiapur. Rupee, SE 1653 (1731). Bar Gossain II. PCGS Genuine--Cleaned, EF Details. Cleaned ages ago, light mottled toning has formed, mostly in the recesses of the design." The state of Jaintiapur in Assam was a dependency of Cooch Behar in the sixteenth century but regained its independence in the seventeenth century. The kingdom was contended between the East India Company and Burma until 1835, when the British permanently annexed it. Coins are dated using the Shaka Era, which is the AD date minus 78 years.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 7.1-10 g, silver.

Catalog reference: KM-177.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
• ^[1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, September 2024 World Collectors Choice Online Auction, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2024.

Link to:

• Jaintiapur SE1630 rupee, Jaya Narayan
• Jaintiapur SE1704 rupee, Jatra Narayan
• Coins and currency dated 1731