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Dutch India

Jagannathpur Mint – Silver

See Lingen J. (1999), Suplement to ONS Newsletter 161, Autumn 1999

 

Photos from Baldwin

drawings from J. Lingen

 

 

Alamgir (AH date) badshah ghazi sikka mubarak (= The auspicious coin of the Victorious Emperor Alamgir)

Zarb Jagannathpur sanat (RY) julus maimanat manus (= Struck at Jagannathpur in the RY year of his reign of tranquil prosperity)

 

Actual Weight (g)

 

Actual Diameter (mm)

 

Composition

Silver

 

Catalogue

Cat No.

Photo Link

Schol

Denomination

AH

RY

Provenance

Comments

Rarity

 

90.

-

Rupee

1184

16

 

 

 

 

91.

-

1185

16

 

 

 

 

92.

-

1185

17

 

 

 

 

93.

-

1186

18

 

 

 

 

93c.

-

1188

68

 

RY error for 18?

 

 

93e.

-

1191

12

 

RY error for 21?

 

 

93g.

-

1193

23

 

 

 

 

93i.

-

1195

25

 

 

 

 

93k.

-

1204

28

 

 

 

 

93k3.

-

1206

29

 

 

 

 

94.

-

Half Rupee

1204

28

 

 

 

 

95.

-

1206

29

 

 

 

 

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From Shailen Bhandare. Dutch India - silver 1/2 rupee struck posthumously in the name of Alamgir II at Jagannathpur (Jaggernaykpoeram), AH1194/RY24, 5.8 gm.
For more on the Dutch minting activities, refer to Jan Lingen's wonderfully researched article in ONS-161 supplement, which was also published in ND-23/24. He lists two half rupees, but this AH/RY combination is not listed in his corpus.
Jagannathpuram was located close to Machhlipatan and the coins produced here follow the designs of the Machhlipatan rupees very closely.

(Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge)