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* [[Mughal Empire AH 950 shahrukhi|AH 950 (1543) shahrukhi, Qandahar mint]] | * [[Mughal Empire AH 950 shahrukhi|AH 950 (1543) shahrukhi, Qandahar mint]] | ||
* [[Mughal Empire AH 952 shahrukhi|AH 952 (1545) shahrukhi, Kabul mint]] | * [[Mughal Empire AH 952 shahrukhi|AH 952 (1545) shahrukhi, Kabul mint]] | ||
| − | * [[Mughal Empire AH | + | * [[Delhi AH 955 tanka]], silver, Islam Shah |
| + | * [[Mughal Empire AH 962 shahrukhi|AH 962 (1554) shahrukhi, Lahore mint]] | ||
* [[Coins and currency dated 1548]] | * [[Coins and currency dated 1548]] | ||
[[Category:Selections from Stephen Album sale 47]][[Category:Coinage of the Indian states]] | [[Category:Selections from Stephen Album sale 47]][[Category:Coinage of the Indian states]] | ||
Latest revision as of 16:29, 6 February 2026
This specimen was lot 890 in Stephen Album sale 47 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2023), where it sold for $390. The catalog description[1] noted, "MUGHAL: Humayun, 1530-1556, AR light shahrukhi, Qandahar, AH955, bold date, retrograde, at lower right of the obverse, EF-AU, RRR. Same dies as Zeno-276099. No examples of this date on CoinArchives and just one on Zeno." The shahrukhi was originally a silver coin minted by Shah Rukh of the Timurid Empire (r. 1405-47) and was adopted by the early Mughal Emperors (Babur, Humayan and Akbar). It was eventually superseded by the rupee.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: originally 4.5-5.0 g, silver, this specimen 3.90 g.
Catalog reference: A-G2464.
- Album, Stephen, Checklist of Islamic Coins, 3rd Ed. Santa Rosa, Stephen Album Rare Coins, 2011.
- [1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 47, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2023.
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