Mughal Empire AH 1148/18 rupee KM-436.39

Stephen Album sale 50, lot 2502

This specimen was lot 2502 in Stephen Album sale 50 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2024), where it sold for $144. The catalog description^[1] noted, "MUGHAL: Muhammad Shah, 1719-1748, AR rupee, Kora, AH114(8) year 18, wonderful bold strike, NGC graded MS63." 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 is listed in the SCWC for 64 mints. The Kora mint struck this type during years 2-30 and is common.

Recorded mintage: unknown but a common mint.

Specification: 11.0-11.6 g, silver, this specimen 11.33 g.

Catalog reference: KM-436.39.

Source:

• Album, Stephen. Checklist of Islamic Coins. Santa Rosa, 1998. Stephen Album.
• Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
• ^[1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 50, featuring selections from the Dr. Robert A. Rosenfeld Collection, the Hakim Hamidi Collection, the Almer H. Orr III Collection and the Solar Collection, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2024.

Links to:

• AH 1147/7 rupee, Murshidabad mint
• AH 1149/8 mohur, Shahjahanabad mint
• AH 1152/22 rupee, Shahjahanabad mint
• Coins and currency dated 1735