Mughal Empire AH 1016 rupee KM-141.5

Stephen Album sale 50, lot 2480

This specimen was lot 2480 in Stephen Album sale 50 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2024), where it sold for $216. The catalog description^[1] noted, "MUGHAL: Jahangir, 1605-1628, AR rupee, Elichpur, AH1016, NGC graded MS62." This mint is listed in the SCWC for AH 1014-1017, one of nine mints to strike this type.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 11.44 g, silver.

Catalog reference: KM-141.5.

Source:

• 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 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 1015/2 (1607) square mohur, Lahore mint
• AH 1016/2 jahangiri rupee, Ahmadabad mint
• AH 1017 (1608) ½ dam ravani, Qandahar mint
• Coins and currency dated 1607