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[[Image:SB523-72523o.jpg|300px|thumb|Stack's Bowers May 2023 Collector's Choice sale, lot 72523]]
 
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This specimen was lot 72523 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, May 2023), where it sold for $432. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "[[India|INDIA]]. [[India, Mughal Empire|Mughal Empire]]. Rupee, IE 37 (1592). Ahmadabad Mint. Akbar I. NGC AU-55. This very attractive example displays a rich luster and strong details throughout, with shimmering beauty and much eye appeal retained. An always popular type on account of the square shape." The Mughal Empire stretched over most of India in the early seventeenth century and numerous mints struck silver rupees for the emperor. The Mughal Empire 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. The SCWC lists nine mints for this type, which was struck until 1606. The IE date on this specimen seems to be a regnal calendar abandoned after Akbar's death. This type was struck years 45-50.
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The first specimen was lot 72523 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, May 2023), where it sold for $432. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "[[India|INDIA]]. [[India, Mughal Empire|Mughal Empire]]. Rupee, IE 37 (1592). Ahmadabad Mint. Akbar I. NGC AU-55. This very attractive example displays a rich luster and strong details throughout, with shimmering beauty and much eye appeal retained. An always popular type on account of the square shape." The second specimen was lot 2318 in Steve Album Auction 55 (Santa Rosa, CA, May 2026), where it sold for $420. The catalog description<sup>[2]</sup> noted, "MUGHAL: Akbar I, 1556-1605, AR square rupee, Lahore, IE37, month of Ardu (for Ardubihisht), excellent strike, much rarer than the round Lahore rupees of the Ilahi period, without any testmarks, bold VF, R." The Mughal Empire stretched over most of India in the early seventeenth century and numerous mints struck silver rupees for the emperor. The Mughal Empire 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. The SCWC notes this type from Lahore for years IE 36-39. This is a common mint. 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.
  
 
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''Specification:'' 11.44 g, silver.  
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''Specification:'' 11.44 g, silver, this specimen 11.25 g.  
  
 
''Catalog reference:'' KM-88.3.  
 
''Catalog reference:'' KM-88.3.  
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* Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, ''Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed.'', Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.  
 
* Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, ''Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed.'', Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.  
 
* <sup>[1]</sup>Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, ''May 2023 World Collectors Choice Online Auction, Featuring the Richard Elliott Collection of Hooknecks,'' Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2023.
 
* <sup>[1]</sup>Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, ''May 2023 World Collectors Choice Online Auction, Featuring the Richard Elliott Collection of Hooknecks,'' Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2023.
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* <sup>[2]</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.
  
 
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* [[Mughal Empire IE 30 rupee KM-88.7|IE 30 (1585-86) rupee, Tatta mint]]
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* [[Mughal Empire IE 33 rupee KM-91.1|IE 33 (1588-89) square rupee, no mintmark]]
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* [[Mughal Empire IE 41 rupee KM-93.2|IE 41 (1596) nazarana rupee, Ahmadabad mint]]
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* [[Mughal Empire AH 999 rupee KM-82.1|AH 999 square rupee, Ahmadabad mint]]
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* [[Mughal Empire AH 999 rupee KM-82.7|AH 999 (1590) square rupee, Ujjain mint]]
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* [[Mughal Empire AH 1000 rupee KM-82.1|AH 1000 (1592) square rupee, Ahmadabad Mint]]
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* [[Mughal Empire AH 1000 rupee KM-82.8|AH 1000 square rupee, Urdu Zafar Qarin mint]]
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* [[Mughal Empire AH 1001 rupee KM-82.1|AH 1001 (1592) square rupee, Ahmadabad mint]]
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* [[Mughal Empire AH 1001 rupee KM-A86.1|AH 1001 square rupee, Bang (Bengal) mint]]
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* [[Mughal Empire IE 36 1/2 rupee KM-62.2|IE 36 (1591) square half rupee, Lahore mint]]
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* [[Mughal Empire IE 37 rupee KM-84.1|IE 37 square rupee, Ahmadabad mint]]
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* [[Mughal Empire IE 38 rupee KM-88|IE 38 (1593-94) square rupee, Surat mint]]
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* [[Mughal Empire IE 38 rupee KM-88.3|IE 38 (1593-94) square rupee, Lahore mint]]
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* [[Mughal Empire IE 39 rupee KM-88.1|IE 39 (1594-95) square rupee, Ahmadabad mint]]
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* [[Mughal Empire IE 39 rupee KM-88.2|IE 39 (1594-95) square rupee, Delhi mint]]
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* [[Mughal Empire IE 39 rupee KM-93.2|IE 39 (1594-95) nazarana rupee, Ahmadabad mint]]
 
* [[Coins and currency dated 1592]]
 
* [[Coins and currency dated 1592]]
  
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Latest revision as of 08:44, 21 June 2026

Stack's Bowers May 2023 Collector's Choice sale, lot 72523
SB523-72523r.jpg
Steve Album sale 55, lot 2318

The first specimen was lot 72523 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, May 2023), where it sold for $432. The catalog description[1] noted, "INDIA. Mughal Empire. Rupee, IE 37 (1592). Ahmadabad Mint. Akbar I. NGC AU-55. This very attractive example displays a rich luster and strong details throughout, with shimmering beauty and much eye appeal retained. An always popular type on account of the square shape." The second specimen was lot 2318 in Steve Album Auction 55 (Santa Rosa, CA, May 2026), where it sold for $420. The catalog description[2] noted, "MUGHAL: Akbar I, 1556-1605, AR square rupee, Lahore, IE37, month of Ardu (for Ardubihisht), excellent strike, much rarer than the round Lahore rupees of the Ilahi period, without any testmarks, bold VF, R." The Mughal Empire stretched over most of India in the early seventeenth century and numerous mints struck silver rupees for the emperor. The Mughal Empire 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. The SCWC notes this type from Lahore for years IE 36-39. This is a common mint. 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.

Specification: 11.44 g, silver, this specimen 11.25 g.

Catalog reference: KM-88.3.

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.
  • [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, May 2023 World Collectors Choice Online Auction, Featuring the Richard Elliott Collection of Hooknecks, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2023.
  • [2]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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