Mughal Empire AH 1060/23 1/2 rupee KM-218.8

Stack's Bowers June 2022 Collector's Choice sale, lot 71513

This specimen was lot 71513 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, June 2022), where it sold for $1,140. The catalog description^[1] noted, "INDIA. Mughal Empire. 1/2 Rupee, AH 1060 Year 23 (1650). Surat Mint. Muhammad Shah Jahan. NGC MS-64. A handsome and fully struck Half Rupee, this gorgeous example provides luster the brims off the surfaces and no evidence of handling." 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. This type was struck years 7-31 and Surat is the most common mint. There are twelve mints for this type altho half rupees are much rarer than full rupees. Shah Jahan is famous for building the Taj Mahal.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 5.72 g, silver.

Catalog reference: KM-218.8.

Source:

• Album, Stephen, Checklist of Islamic Coins, 3rd Ed. Santa Rosa, Stephen Album Rare Coins, 2011.
• ^[1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The June 2022 World Collectors Choice Online Auction - Ancients & World Coins - Featuring Selections from the Kings Norton Mint Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2022.
• Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.

Link to:

• AH 1057/21 half rupee, Surat mint
• AH 1059/23 (1649) rupee, Surat mint
• AH 1060/24 rupee, Akbarabad mint
• AH 1067/31 half rupee, Surat mint
• AH 1068 rupee, Ahmadabad mint
• Coins and currency dated 1650