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Orchha, INO Shah Alam II – Silver – Type 1, Nazarana Double Rupee

Actual Weight (g)

Actual Diameter (mm)

Composition

Silver

Catalogue

Cat No.	Photo Link	KM	Denomination	AH	RY	Provenance	Comments	Rarity
OR	√ 18900.	33	Nazarana 2 Rupees	1214	45	Bald, Zeno	Date on one read as 1213 by one observer but 1214 by others. See photos for two different ways the date is written.	RRR

Orchha, INO Shah Alam II – Silver – Type 2

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	Rupee	Half Rupee	Quarter Rupee	Eighth Rupee
Actual Weight (g)
Actual Diameter (mm)
Composition	Silver

Catalogue

Cat No.	Photo Link	KM	Denomination	AH	RY	Provenance	Comments	Rarity
OR	√ 18901.	32	Rupee	1221	4	Ste	One of mine is definitely 1221. Not sure about the other	C
OR	√ 18901a.		”	1229?	7	Ste	AH looks like 1229 retrograde but could be 1221
OR	√ 18901a1.		”	xxxx	8	Ste
OR	18901b3.		”	xxxx	18
OR	√ 18901c.		”	1211	39	Ste
OR	√ 18902.		”	1211	41	Ste
OR	√ 18902c.		”	1211	43	Ste but RY not certain
OR	√ 18902e.		”	1211	44	Ste
OR	√ 18902e3.		”	1211	46	Ste
OR	18903.		”	1212	40
OR	18903c.		”	1212	41
OR	18904.		”	1212	45
OR	√ 18904b.		”	1213	41	Ste
OR	√ 18904c.		”	1213	42	Ste
OR	18904e.		”	1214	40
OR	√ 18904g.		”	1214	41	Ste
OR	√ 18904i.		”	1214	42	Ste
OR	√ 18905.		”	1214	43	Ste
OR	√ 18906.		”	1214	44	Ste
OR	√ 18907.		”	1214	45	Ste
OR	√ 18908.		”	1214	46	Ste, Zeno
OR	√ 18906c.		”	1214	47	Ste
OR	√ 18908c.		”	1215	43	Ste
OR	18909.		”	1216	44
OR	√ 18910.		”	1216	46	Ste
OR	18910c.		”	1217	45
OR	√ 18901b6.		”	1217	46	Ste	1217 retrograde
OR	√ 18910e.		”	1218	46	Ste but AH not certain	AH on one could be 1214. 1218 retrograde on another
OR	18911.		”	1218	47
OR	√ 18912.		”	1219	48	Zeno	See photos for one with AH date retrograde
OR	18912c.		”	1220	40
OR	18912e.		”	1221	40
OR	18912e3.		”	1226	12
OR	√ 18912k.		”	1232	10	Ste
OR	18912g.		”	1232	30
OR	√ 18912i.		”	1232	40	Ste
OR	√ 18901b.		”	1233	11	Ste but AH not clear
OR	18913.		”	1233	40
OR	18913c.		”	1233	41
OR	√ 18913e.		”	1233	42	Ste but RY not clear
OR	18913g.		”	1234	xx
OR	√ 18913g3.		”	1235	11	Ste but RY not clear	RY on mine could be 13?
OR	18913i.		”	1236	15
OR	√ 18913i2.		”	1236	16	Ste
OR	18913i3.		”	1238	17
OR	√ 18913i6.		”	1240	29	Ste but RY not clear
OR	√ 18913i9.		”	1243	xx	Oswal
OR	18914.		”	1245	43
OR	√ 18914c.		”	1251	31	Ste
OR	18915.		”	1252	32
OR	√ 18915c.		”	1253	35	Ste but RY not clear
OR	18916.		”	1257	√ 39
OR	18916c.		”	1258	38
OR	√ 18917.	31	Half Rupee	1211	42	Oswal
OR	18918.		”	1212	40
OR	18919.		”	1214	45
OR	√ 18919b.		”	1251	33	Ste	Presumably meant to be 1215
OR	√ 18919c.		”	1233	46	Ste
OR	18920.		”	1215	42
OR	√ 18921.	30	Quarter Rupee	1211	4x	Ste
OR	√ 18922.		”	1214	44	Ste
OR	18922c.		”	1228	4x
OR	18922c3.		”	1232	46
OR	18922e.		”	1233	45
OR	18922e3.		”	1233	5x
OR	18923.		”	1251	3x
OR	√ 18923c.		”	xxx4	3x	Ste
OR	18924.	29	Eighth Rupee	xxxx	3x
OR	√ 18924c.		”	1218	4x	Ste
OR	18924c3.		”	xxxx	45

Orchha, INO Shah Alam II – Copper

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	Pice	Half Pice
Actual Weight (g)
Actual Diameter (mm)
Composition	Copper

Catalogue

Cat No.	Photo Link	KM	Denomination	AH	RY	Provenance	Comments	Rarity
OR	18925.	25	Pice	120x	35
OR	18926.		”	1211	40
OR	√ 18926c.		”	1211	41	Ste
OR	√ 18926e.		”	1211	42	Ste
OR	√ 18926f.		”	xxxx	43	Ste
OR	√ 18926f3.		”	1211	44	Ste
OR	18926g.		”	1211	47
OR	18926g3.		”	1212	4x
OR	√ 18926g6.		”	1214	4x	Ste
OR	18926g9.		”	1216	4x
OR	√ 18926i.		”	1218	45	Ste
OR	√ 18926i2.		”	1219	4x	Zeno	AH retrograde
OR	√ 18926i3.		”	1228	4x	Ste but date not clear
OR	√ 18926i6.		”	1232	46	Ste
OR	18926i9.		”	1237	16
OR	18927.		”	1278	45
OR	18928.		”	1282	42
OR	18929.	24	Half Pice	xx32	xx
OR	√ 18929c.		”	xx33	xx	Ste

Orchha, INO Muhammad Akbar II – Silver

Actual Weight (g)

10.7-11.6

Actual Diameter (mm)

Composition

Silver

Catalogue

Cat No.	Photo Link	KM	Denomination	AH	RY	Provenance	Comments	Rarity
OR	18930.	42	Rupee	1219	2
OR	√ 18930a.		”	9121	48	Ste
OR	√ 18930b.		”	3021	8	Ste	Presumably meant to be 1203?
OR	18930c.		”	1221	9
OR	18930e.		”	1221	12
OR	18930g.		”	1221	48
OR	√ 18930g2.		”	1228	6	Ste
OR	√ 18930g3.		”	1225	3x	Ste
OR	18930i.		”	1321	9		Error date for 1231
OR	√ 18931c.		”	1232	10	Ste but AH not clear	Mine could be 1222
OR	18931.		”	1233	11
OR	√ 18931b.		”	1234	11	Ste
OR	√ 18931b3.		”	1234	12?	Ste	RY on mine could be 12/13/14. See photos
OR	√ 18931c3.		”	1236	10	Ste
OR	√ 18931c5.		”	1251	33?	Ste	Second 3 in RY is retrograde
OR	√ 18931c6.		”	1252	32	Ste
OR	√ 18931e.		”	1253	3x	Ste
OR	√ 18931e1.		”	1249	27	Ste
OR	√ 18931e3.		”	1257	39	Ste
OR	√ 18931g.		”	1257	41
OR	18931i.		”	1257	48
OR	√ 18932.		”	1258	33	Ste
OR	√ 18932b.		”	1258	38	Ste
OR	18932c.		”	1258	41
OR	√ 18932e.		”	1270	33	Ste
OR	18932g.		”	1271	xx
OR	18933.		”	1273	39
OR	18933c.		”	127x	41
OR	18934.		”	1275	4x
OR	18934c.		”	1277	48
OR	18934e.		”	1278	45

Orchha, INO Muhammad Akbar II – Copper

Note the dots around the symbol on the reverse

	Pice	Half Pice
Actual Weight (g)
Actual Diameter (mm)
Composition	Copper

Catalogue

Cat No.	Photo Link	KM	Denomination	AH	RY	Provenance	Comments	Rarity
OR	18935.	38	Pice	1231	4x
OR	√ 18935a.		”	1232	4x	Ste
OR	√ 18935b.		”	1233	4x	Ste
OR	18935c.		”	1258	37		Date from B. Tabor
OR	18935e.		”	xxxx	48
OR	√ 18935g.	37	Half Pice	xxxx	33	Ste

Orchha, Orchhanagar Mint – Silver

Jan Lingen wrote:

Orchha, rupee i.n.o. Shah Alam II, Ry.6, mint-name: aūnrchhā nagar (city of Orchha).
Evidently issued by the Bundela Rajput ruler of Orchha. Late Mughal zodiac rupees of Orchha Nagar mint are known (ref.: JONS 213, pp. 14-17) having a similar obverse legend.
The calligraphy is pretty much the same as the rupees struck at Jhansi (Balwantnagar) while under the Awadh administration. Those rupees are known with the Ry.’s 3 to 5

During Ry. 6 of Shah Alam II Jhansi came again under control of the Marathas and rupees with Ry.6 with the mint-name Balwantnagar are known (M/W, T8). Those Maratha rupees differ in calligraphy substantially from the previous issues struck under Awadh.
Coins (non-zodiac and zodiac issues) of Orchha Nagar mint are only known from a single date combination, viz. AH1177/Ry.6. As the dates mismatch, the later (Ry.6 =1764/5) may be more trustworthy.
It is possible that when the Marathas took over the control of Jhansi (Balwantnagar) the craftsman of the mint, previous employed under Awadh, got employ with the ruler of Orchha and got this short-lived issue produced there. The inclusion of the Maratha “pataka” symbol may suggest a subordinate relationship with the Marathas.

Actual Weight (g)

11.09-11.25

Actual Diameter (mm)

~21-23

Composition

Silver

Catalogue

Cat No.	Photo Link	KM	Denomination	AH	RY	Provenance	Comments	Rarity
OR	√ 18936.	-	Rupee	11xx	xx	Ste, Marudhar		RR

Orchha, Tikanaghar (Tehri) Mint – Silver

Actual Weight (g)

Actual Diameter (mm)

Composition

Silver

Catalogue

Cat No.	Photo Link	KM	Denomination	AH	RY	Provenance	Comments	Rarity
OR	√ 18937.	-	Rupee	xxxx	38?	Ste, Zeno	See photos for one labelled MW T15. Also, different symbols next to RY	R
OR	√ 18937c.	-	Rupee	xxxx	48	Zeno