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Calcutta Mint – Hammered Coinages – Silver, Rupee et infra – ‘Ālamgīr II – Kalkatta – 1757 to 1760

On 28th July 1757, permission was given to strike coins with the mint name Kalkata. The smaller denominations (eighth and sixteenth) claimed to be Calcutta mint and not showing the mint name, are usually indistinguishable from Murshīdābād. The listing for these smaller coins is based on Pridmore, but these coins might equally well be Murshīdābād issues.

 

or

sikka mubārak bādshāh ghāzī ‘ālamgīr [AH date] (= the auspicious coin of the victorious Emperor, ‘Ālamgīr [AH date]).

ẓarb kalkata sanah [RY] julūs maimanat mānūs (= Struck at Calcutta in the [RY] year of tranquil prosperity).

 

 

Rupee

Half Rupee

Quarter Rupee

Eighth Rupee

Sixteenth Rupee

Official Weight (g)

11.64

5.82

2.91

1.45

0.73

Actual Weight (g)

11.29-11.63

5.84

?

?

?

Actual Diameter (mm)

22.2-24.0

18.5-19.3

~14

~10

~7

Composition

Silver

 

Catalogue

Cat No.

Photo Link

Pr. No.

Denomination

AH

RY

Provenance

√ Comments

Rarity

1.9

√ 1347.

-

Rupee

1171

4

Ste, Kulkarni, Rhodes

Ref: Johnston, also Singapore/HK sale 28 (1999), lot 1002. Baldwin sale 28 (2001), lot 1343.

RR

1.10

√ 1348.

7

”

1171

5

Ste but no AH

RRR

1.11

1349.

8

”

1172

5

 

 

RRR

1.12

√ 1350.

-

”

1174

6

Ste

Ref: Baldwin (2001), sale 25 (Wiggins), lot 614. AH not usually visible but see photos.

RRR

1.13

√ 1351.

9

Half Rupee

xxxx

4

Ste

 

RRR

1.14

1352.

10

Quarter Rupee

xxxx

4

 

See photo in Pridmore (Pr. 10).

RRR

-

√ 1352c.

-

”

xxxx

5

Bald

Baldwin (2006), sale 47 (Stiller), lot 802. Could be Murshīdābād.

RRR

-

√ 1352e.

-

”

xxxx

6

Ste

Could be Murshīdābād.

RRR

1.15

√ 1353.

11

Eighth Rupee

xxxx

4

Ste

Recorded from Pridmore, but his photo does not show the mint-name. These may be Murshīdābād mint issues.

RRR

1.16

1354.

12

”

xxxx

5

 

RRR

-

√ 1355.

-

”

xxxx

6

Ste

Could be Murshīdābād.

RRR

1.17

1356.

13

Sixteenth Rupee

xxxx

5

 

Recorded from Pridmore. He shows no photo, and refers to NC 1903, No. 5, where the coin described could be Murshīdābād or Calcutta.

RRR

-

√ 1357.

-

”

 

6

Ste

Ref: Baldwin (2001), sale 25 (Wiggins), lot 616/617. Could be Murshīdābād.

RRR

See ‘Ālamgīr II for more fractions that could be Kalkatta or Murshīdābād