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Sūrat Mint – Moghul Style – Silver, Rupee et infra – Shah Alam – 46 San

sikka mubārak bādshāh ghāzī shāh ‘ālam (= The auspicious coin of the victorious Emperor Shāh ‘Ālam).		ẓarb sūrat sanah 46 julūs maimanat mānūs (= Struck at Sūrat in the 46^th year of tranquil prosperity).

	Rupee	Half Rupee	Quarter Rupee	Eighth Rupee	Sixteenth Rupee
Official Weight (g)	11.59	5.76	2.88	1.44
Actual Weight (g)	11.55-11.58	5.74-5.79	2.85	1.47	0.72
Actual Diameter (mm)	18.4-20.1	16.3-17.7			~10.5
Composition	Silver

See Privy marks

Catalogue

Cat No.	Photo Link	Pr. No.	RY	Denomination	Provenance	√ Comments	Rarity
6.160	1150b.	-	43	Rupee			RR
6.161	√1150.	-	44	”	Lingen		RR
6.162	√ 1150c.	-	45	”	Ste		RR
6.163	√ 1150e.	253	46	”	Ste, Bald		N
6.164	1150f.	-	49	”		Surat-type Rupees in the name of Shah ‘Alam II with posthumous Regnal Years 50, 51 and possibly 52, have been known for some time and have proved enigmatic. There have been various suggestions as to who may have issued them ranging from the local Nawabs, the French, to the Marathas, while it has been assumed that they were not struck by the East India Company. There has not been any documentary evidence to support any of these possible attributions. This might also apply to coins dated 44, 45 and 47	R
6.165	√ 1150g.	-	50	”	Bald		R
6.166	1150g3.	-	51	”	Bald		R
6.167	1150g6.	-	52	”	Bald		R
6.168	1151a.	-	44	Half Rupee			S
6.169	1151b.	-	45	”			S
6.170	√ 1151.	254	46	”	Ste		S
6.171	√ 1151c.	-	47	”	Lingen		RR
6.172	√ 1152.	255	46	Quarter Rupee	Bald		R
6.173	√ 1153.	256	46	Eighth Rupee	Ste		RR
6.173C	√ 1153c.	-	46	Sixteenth Rupee	Dinyar	Mint name not visible but attributed by style,	RR

See also Bombay Mint

Photo from Ganesh Nene. Rupee

Photo from Bhandare who wrote: Surat - silver Double Rupee, in the name of Shah Alam II, AH1185/RY6, 23.15 gm; most likely an issue of the Nawabs. This coin was published in 1905 in NS-V, vol. 1, no. 4.

(ANS - New York, ex- E T Newell Collection)

Double rupee 23.2g. Photo from Heinz Bons