Mughal Empire AH 1025/11 rupee KM-145.6

Steve Album sale 51, lot 2531

This specimen was lot 2531 in Steve Album Auction 51 (Santa Rosa, CA, January 2025), where it sold for $54. The catalog description^[1] noted, "MUGHAL: Jahangir, 1605-1628, AR rupee, Delhi, AH1025, month of Farwardin, VF." This mint struck this type years 4-23 and is slightly scarce. Twenty mints struck this type, of which Tatta and Ahmadabad are the most common. The regnal date, which should be 11 or 12, is off the flan.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specifications: 11.44 g, silver, this specimen 11.01 g.

Catalog reference: KM-145.6.

Sources:

• Album, Stephen, Checklist of Islamic Coins, 3rd Ed. Santa Rosa, Stephen Album Rare Coins, 2011.
• 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 51, featuring the Howard Daniel III Collection of Asian Coins, the Almer H. Orr III Collection of World Coins and the Joe Sedillot Collection of German Coins, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2024.

Links:

• AH 1023/9 rupee, Delhi mint
• AH 1024/9 rupee, Kabul mint
• AH 1025/11 dam, Ajmer mint
• AH 1025/11 rupee, Ahmadabad mint
• AH 1025/11 rupee, Patna mint
• AH 1026/12 square rupee, Agra mint
• AH 1027/13 rupee, Delhi mint
• AH 1027/13 rupee, Patna mint
• AH 1025/11 rupee, Qandahar mint
• Coins and currency dated 1616