Mughal Empire AH 1025/11 rupee KM-145.12
This specimen was lot 71504 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, June 2022), where it sold for $120. The catalog description[1] noted, "INDIA. Mughal Empire. Rupee, AH 1025 Year 11 (1616). Patna Mint. Muhammad Jahangir. NGC AU-53. Incredibly attractive, this Mughal piece displays robust strike quality and good luster, despite a limited amount of time spent in commerce." 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 6-26 from seventeen mints. It is priced slightly higher than the most common mint, Tatta.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 11.44 g, silver.
Catalog reference: KM 145.12.
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- [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.
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