Jaintiapur SE1704 rupee

from Steve Album sale 45, lot 936

This specimen was lot 936 in Stephen Album sale 45 (Santa Rosa, CA, January 2023), where it sold for $1,020. The catalog description^[1] noted, "JAINTIAPUR: Jatra Narayan, 1782-1785, AR rupee, SE1704, EF, R, ex David Cashin Collection." 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. The SCWC lists three types for this date (KM 192, 193, 194) but does not photograph or describe them, so we will lump them all here.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver, this specimen 9.41 g.

Catalog reference: KM-192.

Source:

• Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
• ^[1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 45, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2022.

Link to:

• Jaintiapur SE1653 rupee, Bar Gossain II
• Jaintiapur SE1707 rupee, Vijaya Narayan
• Coins and currency dated 1782
• return to coins of India