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Delhi (Shāhjahānābād) Mint, INO Shāh ‘Ālam II – Gold – Type 1, Floral Border

 

sikka zad sāhib-i qirān (a)z ta'yid ilāh hāmī dīn muḥammad shāh ‘ālam bādshāh [AH date] (= Struck coin like the second Lord of conjunctions by the help of God, Defender of the faith of Muḥammad, the Emperor Shāh ‘Ālam [AH date]).

Surrounded by a floral border.

ẓarb dār al-khilāfa shāhjahānābād [RY] julūs maimanat mānūs (= Struck at the seat of the Caliphate, Shāhjahānābād, in the [RY] year of his reign of tranquil prosperity).

Surrounded by a floral border.

 

Actual Weight (g)

10.55

 

Actual Diameter (mm)

27.4-28.2

 

Composition

Gold

 

Edge

Plain

 

Catalogue

Cat No.

Photo Link

KM

Denomination

AH

RY

Obv

Rev

Provenance

Comments

Rarity

8.16

1785.

722

Nazarana Mohur

1219

47

A

(ACW)

I

(ACW)

Ste, Bhandare

 

RRR

8.17

1785c.

1220

48

A

(ACW)

I

(ACW)

Bhandare

 

 

8.17C

1785d.

1220

48

B

(CW)

I

(ACW)

Zeno via RJ

 

 

8.18

1785e.

1221

48

?

?

 

 

 

8.19

1786.

 

1221

49

?

?

 

 

 

 

Delhi (Shāhjahānābād) Mint, INO Shāh ‘Ālam II – Gold – Type 2, Beaded Border

 

sikka zad sāhib-i qirān (a)z ta'yid ilāh hāmī dīn muḥammad shāh ‘ālam bādshāh [AH date] (= Struck coin like the second Lord of conjunctions by the help of God, Defender of the faith of Muḥammad, the Emperor Shāh ‘Ālam [AH date]).

Surrounded by a beaded border.

ẓarb dār al-khilāfa shāhjahānābād [RY] julūs maimanat mānūs (= Struck at the seat of the Caliphate, Shāhjahānābād, in the [RY] year of his reign of tranquil prosperity).

Surrounded by a beaded border.

 

Actual Weight (g)

10.69-10.70

 

Actual Diameter (mm)

~35

 

Composition

Gold

 

Edge

Plain

 

Catalogue

Cat No.

Photo link

KM

Denomination

AH

RY

Provenance

Comments

Rarity

8.20

1784.

721

Nazarana Mohur

1218

46

Spink, SA

 

RRR

 

Delhi (Shāhjahānābād) Mint – Silver, INO Shāh ‘Ālam II – Rupee – Type 1, Nazarana with Umbrella & Jhar

 

sikka zad sāhib-i qirān (a)z ta'yid ilāh hāmī dīn muḥammad shāh ‘ālam bādshāh [AH date] (= Struck coin like the second Lord of conjunctions by the help of God, Defender of the faith of Muḥammad, the Emperor Shāh ‘Ālam [AH date])

Surrounded by a beaded border

ẓarb dār al-khilāfa shāhjahānābād [RY] julūs maimanat mānūs (= Struck at the seat of the Caliphate, Shāhjahānābād, in the [RY] year of his reign of tranquil prosperity)

Surrounded by a beaded border

 

Actual Weight (g)

~11

 

Actual Diameter (mm)

~35

 

Composition

Silver

 

Edge

Plain

 

Catalogue

Cat. No.

Photo Link

KM

Denomination

AH

RY

Provenance

Comments

Rarity

8.21

1792m6.

718

Nazarana Rupee

1218

46

Sixbid, Bald

Baldwin’s 84, lot 1086

RR

 

Delhi (Shāhjahānābād) Mint – Silver, INO Shāh ‘Ālam II – Rupee – Type 2, Nazarana with Umbrella & Cinquefoil

 

sikka zad sāhib-i qirān (a)z ta'yid ilāh hāmī dīn muḥammad shāh ‘ālam bādshāh [AH date] (= Struck coin like the second Lord of conjunctions by the help of God, Defender of the faith of Muḥammad, the Emperor Shāh ‘Ālam [AH date])

Surrounded by a beaded border

ẓarb dār al-khilāfa shāhjahānābād [RY] julūs maimanat mānūs (= Struck at the seat of the Caliphate, Shāhjahānābād, in the [RY] year of his reign of tranquil prosperity)

Surrounded by a beaded border

 

Actual Weight (g)

10.92-11.16

 

Actual Diameter (mm)

~31

 

Composition

Silver

 

Edge

Plain

 

Catalogue

Cat. No.

Photo Link

KM

Denomination

AH

RY

Provenance

Comments

Rarity

8.21C

1792m.

B719

Nazarana Rupee

1218

46

Bald

RR

8.22

1792m3.

 

1221

49

Lingen

Assigned to Muḥammad Akbar by KM

 

Dehlī (Shāhjahānābād) Mint – Silver, INO Shāh ‘Ālam II – Rupee – Type 3, Umrella & Lion

 

DehliShahAlamRupeeT1Obv

DehliShahAlamRupeeT1Rev

sikka zad sāhib-i qirān (a)z ta'yid ilāh hāmī dīn muḥammad shāh ‘ālam bādshāh [AH date] (= Struck coin like the second Lord of conjunctions by the help of God, Defender of the faith of Muḥammad, the Emperor Shāh ‘Ālam [AH date]).

ẓarb dār al-khilāfa shāhjahānābād [RY] julūs maimanat mānūs (= Struck at the seat of the Caliphate, Shāhjahānābād, in the [RY] year of his reign of tranquil prosperity).

 

Actual Weight (g)

11.17

 

Actual Diameter (mm)

26.0-26.7

 

Composition

Silver

 

Edge

Plain

 

Catalogue

Cat No.

Photo Link

KM

AH

RY

Provenance

Comments

Rarity

8.23

1787.

712

1218

46

Ste

Baldwin (2001), sale 25 (Wiggins), lot 501.

RR

 

Delhi (Shāhjahānābād) Mint – Silver, INO Shāh ‘Ālam II – Rupee – Type 4, Umbrella & Cinquafoil

 

sikka zad sāhib-i qirān (a)z ta'yid ilāh hāmī dīn muḥammad shāh ‘ālam bādshāh [AH date] (= Struck coin like the second Lord of conjunctions by the help of God, Defender of the faith of Muḥammad, the Emperor Shāh ‘Ālam [AH date])

ẓarb dār al-khilāfa shāhjahānābād [RY] julūs maimanat mānūs (= Struck at the seat of the Caliphate, Shāhjahānābād, in the [RY] year of his reign of tranquil prosperity)

 

 

Rupee

Half Rupee

Quarter Rupee

Actual Weight (g)

11.02-11.44

5.72

2.86

Actual Diameter (mm)

21.7-25.5

~20

~17

Composition

Silver

Edge

Plain

 

Catalogue

Cat No.

Photo Link

KM

Denomination

AH

RY

Provenance

Comments

Rarity

8.24

1788.

713

Rupee

1218

46

Ste

Baldwin (2001), sale 25 (Wiggins), lot 501

R

8.25

1788c.

 

1219

46

Zeno

 

8.25A

1788e.

 

122x

48

 

Ashmolean museum

 

8.26

1789.

1221

49

Ste

Baldwin (2001), sale 25 (Wiggins), lot 502

 

8.27

1789c.

707

Half Rupee

1221

49

 

Ref: KM

RR

8.27C

1789d.

704

Quarter Rupee

122x

48

 

Ref: KM where there is a photo

RR

8.28

1789e.

1221

49

 

Ref: KM

8.28C

1789g.

Eighth Rupee

122x

48

Ash

RR

 

Delhi (Shāhjahānābād) Mint – Silver, INO Shāh ‘Ālam II – Rupee – Type 5, Floral Border

 

sikka zad sāhib-i qirān (a)z ta'yid ilāh hāmī dīn muḥammad shāh ‘ālam bādshāh [AH date] (= Struck coin like the second Lord of conjunctions by the help of God, Defender of the faith of Muḥammad, the Emperor Shāh ‘Ālam [AH date]). Inside a wreath of roses, thistles and shamrocks

arb dār al-khilāfa shāhjahānābād [RY] julūs maimanat mānūs (= Struck at the seat of the Caliphate, Shāhjahānābād, in the [RY] year of his reign of tranquil prosperity). Surrounded by a wreath of roses, thistles and shamrocks

 

 

Rupee

Half Rupee

Actual Weight (g)

10.93-11.19

~5.5

Actual Diameter (mm)

23.6-28.6

~20

Composition

Silver

Edge

Plain

 

Catalogue

Cat No.

Photo Link

KM

Denomination

AH

RY

Obv

Rev

Provenance

Comments

Rarity

8.29

1790.

714

Rupee

1219

47

A (ACW)

I (ACW)

Ste

Baldwin (2001), sale 25 (Wiggins), lot 503, 504

S

8.30

1791.

 

1219

47

B (CW)

I (ACW)

Tody via RJ

See photos for a specimen B/II but probably counterfeit

8.30B

1791c.

 

1220

47

A (ACW)

I (ACW)

SA via RJ

 

8.30C

1791e.

 

1220

47

A (ACW)

II (CW)

ClassNG, Lingen

Ref: Jan Lingan

 

8.31

1791c.

 

1220

47

B (CW)

I (ACW)

SA

See Baldwin (2007), sale 53, lot 2078

 

8.32

1791g.

 

1220

48

A (ACW)

I (ACW)

Bald

See Baldwin (2008), Argentum sale 8th Nov, lot 685

 

8.33

1791g3.

 

1220

48

A (ACW)

II (CW)

RJ, Oswal, Tody via RJ

 

8.33C

1791j.

 

1220

48

B (CW)

I (ACW)

Kawale

 

8.34

1791k.

 

1220

48

B (CW)

II (CW)

SA via RJ

 

8.34A

1791i.

 

1220

48

C

I (ACW)

Bald

 

8.34C

1792b.

 

1221

48

A (ACW)

I (ACW)

Bald

 

 

8.35

1792.

 

1221

48

A (ACW)

II (CW)

Ste

Baldwin (2001), sale 25 (Wiggins), lot 504

 

8.35A

1792b3.

 

1221

48

A (ACW)

III

Oswal

 

8.35C

1792d.

 

1221

48

B (CW)

III

Kawale

Some of the flowers on the reverse go one way and others go the other.

 

8.36

1792c.

 

Half Rupee

1219

47

A (ACW)

I (ACW)

Bald

Baldwin (2007), sale 50, lot 1061

RR

8.36D

1792e.

 

1221

xx

?

II (CW)

Tody

 

Delhi (Shāhjahānābād) Mint – Copper, INO Shāh ‘Ālam II

 

http://www.stevealbum.com/lotphotos_large/187555.jpg

http://www.stevealbum.com/lotphotos_large/187555N2.jpg

falūs shāh ālam shāhī (=falūs of Shāh ‘Ālam the king) with a sun face in the seen of falūs.

ẓarb shāhjahānābād (= struck at Shāhjahānābād)

 

Actual Weight (g)

11.64

 

Actual Diameter (mm)

~22?

 

Composition

Copper

 

Edge

Plain

 

Catalogue

Cat No.

Photo Link

KM

Denomination

AH

RY

Provenance

Comments

Rarity

8.36C

1792q.

700var

Nazarana Pice

1221

48

SA

Whether or not this is truly a nazarana is debatable.

S

 

Delhi (Shāhjahānābād) Mint – Copper, INO Shāh ‘Ālam II

 

Bengal 23 Shah Alam II Paisa 1219 47 Obv

Bengal 24 Shah Alam II Paisa 1219 47 Rev

falūs shāh ālam shāhī (=falūs of Shāh ‘Ālam the king).

ẓarb shāhjahānābād (= struck at Shāhjahānābād).

 

Actual Weight (g)

12.05-12.43

 

Actual Diameter (mm)

19.3-20.9

 

Composition

Copper

 

Edge

Plain

 

Catalogue

Cat No.

Photo Link

KM

Denomination

AH

RY

Provenance

Comments

Rarity

8.36E

1792s.

700

Pice

1219

47

RJ

S

8.36G

1792s3.

 

1220

48

Ref: Baldwin (2013), sale 84 (Fore, lot 1089) but no photo

 

8.36i

1792s6.

 

 

1221

49

ClassNG

Ref: Baldwin (2013), sale 84 (Fore, lot 1089) but no photo

 

For earlier dates see under Moghuls, Shāh ‘Ālam II

 

Delhi (Shāhjahānābād) Mint, INO Muḥammad Akbar II – Gold – Type 1

 

muḥammad akbar shāh bādshāh ghāzī sāhib-i qirān thani sikka mubārak [AH date] (= Auspicious coin of Emperor Muḥammad Akbar the warrior, the second Lord of conjunctions [AH date]).

arb dār al-khilāfa shāhjahānābād [RY] julūs maimanat mānūs (= Struck at the seat of the Caliphate, Shāhjahānābād, in the [RY] year of his reign of tranquil prosperity).

 

Actual Weight (g)

?

 

Actual Diameter (mm)

~28

 

Composition

Gold

 

Edge

Plain

 

Catalogue

Cat No.

Photo Link

KM

Denomination

AH

RY

Provenance

Comments

Rarity

8.37

1795.

783

Nazarana Mohur

1221

1

KM

 

RRR

8.38

1796.

 

1234

12

 

 

 

 

Delhi (Shāhjahānābād) Mint, INO Muḥammad Akbar II – Gold – Type 2

 

muḥammad akbar shāh bādshāh ghāzī sāhib-i qirān thani sikka mubārak [AH date] (= Auspicious coin of Emperor Muḥammad Akbar the warrior, the second Lord of conjunctions [AH date]).

arb dār al-khilāfa shāhjahānābād [RY] julūs maimanat mānūs (= Struck at the seat of the Caliphate, Shāhjahānābād, in the [RY] year of his reign of tranquil prosperity).

 

Actual Weight (g)

10.66-10.74

 

Actual Diameter (mm)

19.6-20.2

 

Composition

Gold

 

Edge

Plain

 

Catalogue

Cat No.

Photo Link

KM

Denomination

AH

RY

Provenance

Comments

Rarity

8.39C

1796m.

781

Mohur

12xx

1 (ahd)

Bons

 

RR

8.40

1793.

1223

2

Ste but no AH, Bald but no AH, ClassNG

 

 

8.41

1793c.

 

1223

3

SA, Anon But no AH

 

 

8.41C

1793e.

 

1225

4

SA

 

 

8.41D

1793g.

 

1225

5

Oswal

 

 

8.42

1794.

 

1227

7

Ste

 

 

8.42C

1794c.

 

1237

17

Bons

 

 

 

Delhi (Shāhjahānābād) Mint, INO Muḥammad Akbar II – Silver – Type 1

 

muḥammad akbar shāh bādshāh ghāzī sāhib-i qirān thani sikka mubārak [AH date] (= Auspicious coin of Emperor Muḥammad Akbar the warrior, the second Lord of conjunctions [AH date]).

arb dār al-khilāfa shāhjahānābād [RY] julūs maimanat mānūs (= Struck at the seat of the Caliphate, Shāhjahānābād, in the [RY] year of his reign of tranquil prosperity).

 

Actual Weight (g)

10.92-11.44

 

Actual Diameter (mm)

30-35

 

Composition

Silver

 

Edge

Plain

 

Catalogue

Cat No.

Photo Link

KM

Denomination

AH

RY

Provenance

Comments

Rarity

8.43C

1814c.

779.1

Nazarana Rupee

1221

1

Mohit Kapoor

 

RR

8.43

1814.

1223

3

DNW

 

 

8.44

1815.

 

1224

3

 

 

 

8.45

1816.

 

1225

4

Zeno (Lingen)

See photos for one with an oblique milled edge

 

8.46

1816c.

 

1226

5

 

 

 

8.47

1816e.

 

1227

6

 

 

 

8.48

1817.

 

1227

7

 

 

 

8.48D

1817c.

 

1231

11

 

Berlin Museum. Ex Guthrie.

 

8.48F

1817e.

 

1232

12

Bald

 

 

8.49

1818.

 

1235

15

 

 

 

8.50

1818c.

 

1236

16

 

 

RRR

8.51

1819.

 

1237

17

Oswal via RJ

 

RR

8.51C

1819c.

 

1238

18

Bons

 

 

8.52

1820.

 

1239

19

SA via RJ

 

 

8.53

1821.

 

1240

20

DNW, Tody

 

 

8.54

1822.

 

1241

21

 

 

 

8.55

1823.

 

1242

22

SA

 

 

8.55B

1823b.

 

1244

24

Bons

 

 

8.55C

1823c.

 

1245

25

Bald

Berlin Museum. Ex Guthrie. (via Bhandare)

 

8.55E

1823e.

 

1246

26

 

Berlin Museum. Ex Guthrie. (via Bhandare)

 

8.55G

1823g.

 

1247

27

Spink

Berlin Museum. Ex Guthrie. (via Bhandare)

 

8.56

1824.

 

1248

28

SA via RJ

 

 

8.57

1825.

 

1249

29

SA via RJ

 

 

8.58

1826.

 

125x

30

 

NR

8.59

1826c.

779.2

1251

31

Photo from KM

Not sure why KM gives these last two a different number

RR

8.60

1826e.

 

1252

32

 

RR

 

Delhi (Shāhjahānābād) Mint, INO Muḥammad Akbar II – Silver – Type 2

These coins exist in three styles: a normal 22-24 mm type with part of the design off the flan; a larger broad-flan rupee with almost full flan, scarcer than the smaller flan type; and rare nazarana strikes with a diameter of approximately 30-35mm (see above). The first and second styles are combined in the listings below.

 

http://db.stevealbum.com/lotphotos_large/133346.jpg

http://db.stevealbum.com/lotphotos_large/133346N2.jpg

muḥammad akbar shāh bādshāh ghāzī sāhib-i qirān thani sikka mubārak [AH date] (= Auspicious coin of Emperor Muḥammad Akbar the warrior, the second Lord of conjunctions [AH date]).

arb dār al-khilāfa shāhjahānābād [RY] julūs maimanat mānūs (= Struck at the seat of the Caliphate, Shāhjahānābād, in the [RY] year of his reign of tranquil prosperity).

 

 

Rupee

Half Rupee

Quarter Rupee

Quarter Rupee

Actual Weight (g)

11.03-11.22

5.58

2.6-2.75

1.4

Actual Diameter (mm)

21.7-28.7

~19

~17

 

Composition

Silver

Edge

Plain

 

Catalogue

Cat No.

Photo Link

KM

Denomination

AH

RY

Provenance

Comments

Rarity

8.61

1797.

777

Rupee

1221

1

Ste, Tody via RJ

See photos for coins with slightly different symbols

S

8.62

1798.

 

1222

1

Bald

 

8.63

1799.

 

1222

2

RJ

 

8.64

1800.

 

1223

2

SA, Bons but AH not clear

 

8.65

1801.

 

1223

3

, Tody, SA

 

8.66

1802.

 

1224

3

SA but AH not clear, RJ, Bald but no AH

 

 

8.66A

1802c.

 

1224

4

SA, CNG

 

 

8.67

1803.

 

1225

4

SA, Virasat

 

 

8.67A

1803c.

 

1225

5

 

Ref: Baldwin (2013), sale 84 (Fore), lot 1093.

 

8.68

1804.

 

1226

5

SA but no AH, Oswal via RJ

 

 

8.68A

1804c.

 

1226

6

eBay via RJ

Ref: Baldwin (2001), sale 26, lot.1494.

 

8.69

1805.

 

1227

6

Ste

 

 

8.70

1806.

 

1227

7

RJ, Tody but no AH

 

 

8.71

1807.

 

1228

7

RJ

 

 

8.72

1808.

 

1228

8

 

 

 

8.73

1809.

 

1229

9

 

 

 

8.74

1810.

 

12xx

11

 

 

 

8.75

1811.

775

Half Rupee

1221

1

 

 

RR

8.76

1812.

 

1225

4

 

 

 

8.76C

1812c.

 

1229

9

Tody

 

 

8.77

1813.

773

Quarter Rupee

xxxx

1

SA via RJ

 

RR

8.77C

1813b.

xxxx

6

Bons

 

 

8.78

1813c.

122x

7

 

 

 

8.78B

1813d.

xxxx

9

Tody

 

 

8.78D

1813e.

-

Eighth Rupee

xxxx

6

ClassNG

 

RR

8.78E

1813g.

-

xxxx

7

Tody via RJ

 

Some of the rupees of the early years are struck on broad flans without being nazaranas.

 

Delhi (Shāhjahānābād) Mint, INO Muḥammad Akbar II – Copper

 

falūs shāh akbar shāh (= Copper coin of Shāh Akbar Shāh)

ẓarb shāhjahānābād (= struck at Shāhjahānābād)

S by RY

 

 

Pice

Half Pice

Actual Weight (g)

11.00-11.55

5.15

Actual Diameter (mm)

18.4-22.0

27.0-27.4

Composition

Copper

Edge

Plain

 

Catalogue

Cat No.

Photo Link

KM

Denomination

AH

RY

Provenance

Comments

Rarity

8.78G

1830m.

770

Pice

1222

1

RJ, Oswal via RJ

No S by RY.

S

8.78H

1830m3.

1222

2

RJ

No S by RY.

8.79

1831.

771

1225

4

Ste, Tody via RJ

 

S

8.80

1831a.

 

1225

5

 

 

 

8.81

1831b.

 

1226

5

Ste, ClassNG

 

 

8.82

1831c.

 

1226

6

RJ, Tody but no AH

 

 

8.83

1831f.

 

1230

9

 

 

 

8.84

1831h.

 

1231

10

RJ

 

 

8.84C

1831h3.

 

1232

11

RJ

 

8.85

1831k.

 

1232

12

 

 

 

8.86

1831m.

 

1233

12

Ste, Tody via RJ, Anon

 

 

8.87

1831q.

-

Half Pice?

1225

5

Ste

Broad thin flan

RRR

 

Delhi (Shāhjahānābād) Mint, INO Bahādur Shāh II – Gold

 

abū al-muẕaffar siraj al-dīn muḥammad bahādur shāh bādshāh ghāzī (= Father of the victorious, of the religion, Emperor Muḥammad Bahādur Shāh, the warrior.

arb dār al-khilāfa shāhjahānābād [RY] julūs maimanat mānūs (= Struck at the seat of the Caliphate, Shāhjahānābād, in the [RY] year of his reign of tranquil prosperity).

 

Actual Weight (g)

10.9

 

Actual Diameter (mm)

?

 

Composition

Gold

 

Edge

Plain

 

Catalogue

Cat No.

Photo Link

KM

Denomination

AH

RY

Provenance

Comments

Rarity

8.87C

1832m.

 

Nazarana Mohur

1255

3

Heinz Bons

 

RRR

 

Delhi (Shāhjahānābād) Mint, INO Bahādur Shāh II – Silver

 

abū al-muẕaffar siraj al-dīn muḥammad bahādur shāh bādshāh ghāzī (= Father of the victorious, of the religion, Emperor Muḥammad Bahādur Shāh, the warrior.

arb dār al-khilāfa shāhjahānābād [RY] julūs maimanat mānūs (= Struck at the seat of the Caliphate, Shāhjahānābād, in the [RY] year of his reign of tranquil prosperity)

 

Actual Weight (g)

11.02-11.44

 

Actual Diameter (mm)

27.0

 

Composition

Silver

 

Edge

Plain

 

Catalogue

Cat No.

Photo Link

KM

Denomination

AH

RY

Provenance

Comments

Rarity

8.88

1831m3.

790

Nazarana Rupee

1253

1

Anon

 

RRR

8.89

1831p.

 

1254

2

CNG

 

 

8.90

1832.

 

1255

3

 

 

 

8.91

1832c.

 

1256

4

 

 

 

8.92

1832e.

 

1257

5

 

 

 

8.93

1832h.

 

1258

6

Bons