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In April 1757 the EIC was
given permission to strike gold and silver coins, although no mention of gold
actually being struck has been found in the records.
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Rupee |
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Photo See
Rupee |
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sikka mubārak bādshāh ghāzī
ālamgīr [AH date] (= the auspicious coin
of the victorious Emperor, Ālamgīr [AH date]). |
ẓarb alīnagar kalkata
sanah [RY]
julūs maimanat mānūs (= Struck at
Alīnagar Calcutta in the [RY] year of tranquil prosperity) |
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Official Weight |
11.08 |
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Actual Weight (g) |
? |
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Actual Diameter (mm) |
~25 |
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Composition |
Gold |
Catalogue
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Cat No. |
Photo Link |
Pr. No. |
AH |
RY |
Provenance |
√ Comments |
Rarity
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1.1 |
1 |
? |
4 |
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Reported in SCMB
1949 p. 372. Described as: unique gold mohur of Ālamgīr II regnal.
Year 4 with mint name Alīnagar Calcutta. From a talk presented by Dr.
R.B. Whitehead. |
RRR |
In early July 1757, 4000
rupees were struck with the mint name Alīnagar Kalkata (see comments).
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sikka mubārak bādshāh ghāzī
ālamgīr [AH date] (= the auspicious coin
of the victorious Emperor, Ālamgīr [AH date]). |
ẓarb alīnagar
kalkata sanah [RY]
julūs maimanat mānūs (= Struck at
Alīnagar Calcutta in the [RY] year of tranquil prosperity) |
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Rupee |
Half
Rupee |
Sixteenth
Rupee |
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Official Weight (g) |
11.64 |
5.82 |
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Actual Weight (g) |
11.61 |
? |
0.73 |
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Actual Diameter (mm) |
~25 |
~21 |
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Composition |
Silver |
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Catalogue
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Cat No. |
Photo Link |
Pr. No. |
Denomination |
AH |
RY |
Provenance |
√ Comments
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Rarity
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1.2 |
√ 1345. |
2 |
Rupee |
xxxx |
4 |
Bhandare |
Ashmolean museum. |
RRR |
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1.3 |
√ 1346. |
- |
Half Rupee |
xxxx |
4 |
Bald |
RRR |
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1.3E |
√ 1346e. |
- |
Sixteenth
Rupee |
xxxx |
4 |
Vikram Chatterjee |
RRR |
See
also Nawābs
of Bengal for coin of Alīnagar (Kalkutta).
In October 1757 gold was sent
to the mint to be coined into mohurs. There is no indication, in the records,
of fractions being struck and the whereabouts of the half and quarter in the
Caldecott sale (JB Caldecott, Sotheby, 11th June 1912) is not known.
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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). |
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Mohur |
Half
Mohur |
Quarter
Mohur |
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Official Weight (g) |
11.08 |
5.54 |
2.77 |
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Actual Weight (g) |
? |
? |
? |
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Actual Diameter (mm) |
~25 |
~21 |
~16 |
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Edge |
Plain |
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Catalogue
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Cat No. |
Photo Link |
Pr. No. |
Denomination |
AH |
RY |
Provenance |
√ Comments
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Rarity
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1.4 |
- |
Mohur |
? |
4 |
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No specimens known. See comments for
discussion. |
NR |
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1.5 |
√ 1293c. |
3 |
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1171 |
5 |
Prid |
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RRR |
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1.6 |
4 |
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1174 |
6 |
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Recorded from Pridmore. |
RRR |
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1.7 |
5 |
Half Mohur |
[xxxx] |
[x] |
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Not examined by Pridmore. Caldecott
Sale (1912), Lot 77. |
NR |
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1.8 |
6 |
Quarter
Mohur |
[xxxx] |
[x] |
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Not examined by Pridmore. Caldecott
Sale (1912), Lot 77. |
NR |
On
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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). |
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Rupee |
Half
Rupee |
Quarter
Rupee |
Eighth
Rupee |
Sixteenth
Rupee |
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Official Weight (g) |
11.64 |
5.82 |
2.91 |
1.45 |
0.73 |
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Actual Weight (g) |
11.29-11.63 |
5.84 |
? |
? |
? |
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Actual Diameter (mm) |
22.2-24.7 |
18.5-19.3 |
~14 |
~10 |
~7 |
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Composition |
Silver |
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Catalogue
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Cat No. |
Photo Link |
Pr. No. |
Denomination |
AH |
RY |
Provenance |
√ Comments
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Rarity
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1.9 |
√ 1347. |
- |
Rupee |
1171 |
4 |
Ste, Kulkarni, Rhodes, Noon |
Ref: Johnston, also Singapore/HK sale
28 (1999), lot 1002. Baldwin sale 28 (2001), lot 1343. |
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1.10 |
√ 1348. |
7 |
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1171 |
5 |
Ste but no AH, Noon but no AH |
RRR |
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1.11 |
√ 1349. |
8 |
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1172 |
5 |
Noon, Coin World |
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RRR |
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1.12 |
√ 1350. |
- |
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1174 |
6 |
Ste, RJ |
Ref: Baldwin (2001), sale 25
(Wiggins), lot 614. AH not usually visible but see photos. |
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1.13 |
9 |
Half Rupee |
xxxx |
4 |
Ste, Noon |
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RRR |
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1.14 |
√ 1352. |
10 |
Quarter
Rupee |
xxxx |
4 |
Pr. |
RRR |
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- |
√ 1352c. |
- |
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xxxx |
5 |
Bald |
Could be Murshīdābād. |
RRR |
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- |
√ 1352e. |
- |
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xxxx |
6 |
Ste |
Could be Murshīdābād. |
RRR |
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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. |
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1.16 |
12 |
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xxxx |
5 |
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RRR |
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- |
√ 1355. |
- |
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xxxx |
6 |
Ste |
Could be Murshīdābād. |
RRR |
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1.17 |
13 |
Sixteenth
Rupee |
xxxx |
5 |
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Recorded from
Pridmore. He shows no photo, and refers to NC 1903, No. 5, where the coin
described could be Murshīdābād or Calcutta. |
RRR |
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- |
√ 1357. |
- |
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6 |
Ste |
Ref: Baldwin (2001), sale 25
(Wiggins), lot 616/617. Could be Murshīdābād. |
RRR |
See Ālamgīr II (Bengal Nawābs)
for more fractions that could be Kalkutta or Murshīdābād
Permission to strike rupees
at Calcutta, with the mint name Murshīdābād, was received right
at the end of 1760. These coins probably would have been struck early in 1761,
before coins with the name of Shāh Ālam II were authorised in July.
The coins would have been dated 1174 with RY 6. IF the AH is not visible then
the coins cannot be considered to belong to the EIC.
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sikka mubārak
bādshāh ghāzī ālamgīr 1174 (= the auspicious coin of
the victorious Emperor, Ālamgīr 1174). |
ẓarb murshīdābād sanah 6 julūs
maimanat mānūs (= Struck at Murshīdābād
in the 6 year of his reign of tranquil prosperity). |
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Actual Weight (g) |
11.68 |
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Actual Diameter (mm) |
23.2-23.7 |
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Composition |
Silver |
Catalogue
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Cat No. |
Photo Link |
Pr. No. |
Denomination |
AH |
RY |
Provenance |
√ Comments
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Rarity
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1.18 |
√ 1360p |
- |
Rupee |
1174 |
6 |
Ste, Vikram Chatterjee |
See also Bengal Nawabs The two rupees shown in the photos
have slightly different arrangements of dots. Perhaps this indicates the mint
of origin, but evidence is not sufficient to assign either coin to either
mint (Calcutta or Murshidabad) |
RRR |
In October 1757, the mint
master was instructed to produce copper tickets for the use of the labourers
rebuilding the fortifications of the city.
See Rhodes N (1999), ONS
Newsletter, 159, pp15-16; also Kathotia
IK (2006), JONS, p. 23
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A circle divided by a cross. In each of the
four compartments is one of the letters: V E I C (Vnited East India Company). |
A large script numeral 1 (or 6 or 3 or 2)
within a raised circle. |
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Anna |
Six
Pice |
Three
Pice |
Two
Pice |
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Actual Weight (g) |
28.6-29.2 |
14.58 |
? |
4.65 |
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Actual Diam (mm) |
Varies. See table below |
22 |
~18 |
18 |
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Metal |
Copper |
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Catalogue
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Cat No. |
Photo Link |
Pr. No. |
Denomination |
Provenance |
√ Comments
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Rarity
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1.19 |
√ 1385. |
186 |
Anna |
A |
Prid |
BM. Diam = 33.2mm |
RRR |
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1.20 |
- |
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B |
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Ref: Rhodes. Diam = 25-27mm |
RRR |
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1.21 |
- |
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C |
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Ref: Rhodes |
RRR |
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1.22 |
187 |
Six Pice |
- |
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BM |
RRR |
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1.23 |
√ 1389. |
- |
Three Pice |
- |
Ste but only drawing |
None found although a pencil drawing exists
in my old copy of Thurston (1890, Catalogue of coins in the Madras museum.
Superintendent, Government Press, Madras.). |
NR |
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1.24 |
√ 1389a. |
- |
Two Pice |
- |
Ste, Oswal, NR |
Ref: N. Rhodes. Personal Comm, June
2006. Also Kathotia IK (2006), JONS, p. 23 |
RRR |
Obverse Varieties for Anna
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C in balemark |
The C in the balemark may be leaning
backwards or be straight. |
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Letters in Balemark |
The letters in the balemark may be
arranged normally or in mirror image. |