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Broach Mint – Silver, Single & Half Rupee

See Baldwin (2001), sale 25 (Wiggins), lot 110. Some of these described as EIC coins. Identified by cross.

 

Broach AR Scrip Obv

Broach AR Scrip Rev

sikka mubārak bādshāh ghazi shāh alām [AH] (= The auspicious coin of the victorious emperor, Shāh Alām [AH]).

ẓarb Broach sanah (RY) julūs maimanat mānūs (= Struck at Broach in his [RY] year of tranquil prosperity).

 

 

Rupee

Half Rupee

Actual Weight (g)

11.36-11.61

5.60-5.77

Actual Diameter (mm)

19.5-20.6

15.8-17.0

Composition

Silver

 

Catalogue

Cat No.

Photo Link

KM

Denomination

AH

RY

=AD

Provenance

Comments

Rarity

6.68

1142.

36

Rupee

xxxx

22

1780/81

 

ONS Newsletter No. 132, Feb-Apr 1992, which refers to a list issued by Stephen Album in which this coin is listed

RR

-

1143.

xxxx

xx

 

Ste

Issued 1803 to 1814. Usually can’t be distinguished from early Scindia issues

N

6.69

1144.

A36

Half Rupee

xxxx

xx

 

Ste

S

See also Nawab and Maratha issues