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Bengal Nawābs – INO Shāh ‘Ālam II – Monghyr Mint – Gold, Mohur

 

87 Shah Alam II Mohur Monghyr AH 1176 RY 4 Obv

88 Shah Alam II Mohur Monghyr AH 1176 RY 4 Rev

 

 

 

Actual Weight (g)

11.03-11.07

 

Actual Diameter (mm)

20.3-20.9

 

Metal

Gold

 

Catalogue

Cat No.

Photo Link

Pr. No.

AH

RY

Provenance

Comments

Rarity

BE 160

√ 1541.

-

1176

4

Ste, Bald, Zeno

Three known

RRR

 

Bengal Nawābs – INO Shāh ‘Ālam II – Monghyr Mint – Nazarana Rupee et infra

 

 

 

 

 

Rupee

Eighth Rupee

Actual Weight (g)

10.88

1.37

Actual Diameter (mm)

 

 

Composition

Silver

 

Catalogue

Cat No.

Photo Link

Pr. No.

Denomination

AH

RY

Provenance

Comments

Rarity

BE 160A

√ 1541c.

-

Rupee

1176

4

Zeno

RRR

BE 160E

√ 1541g.

-

Eighth Rupee

xxxx

4

Vikram Chatterjee

See  Journal of the Numismatic Society of Calcutta, 2024, p. 36

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Bengal Nawābs – INO Shāh ‘Ālam II – Monghyr Mint – Silver, Rupee

 

 

 

 

Actual Weight (g)

 

 

Actual Diameter (mm)

 

 

Metal

Silver

 

Catalogue

Cat No.

Photo Link

KM

AH

RY

Provenance

Comments

Rarity

BE 162

√ 1542e

-

1172

4

RJ

1172 presumably a mistake for 1176

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BE 163

√ 1542.

-

1176

4

Goutam Dalmiya, Zeno

As for Monghyr, there is an article by H N Wright in JASB-NS 4, 1904 that makes the mention of two 'Mungir' rupees, found in a hoard at Ghorati in Manbhum dist, Bihar. One coin is illustrated as a line-drawing. Apart from this, I seem to recall another article in a subsequent volume of NS which describes the circumstances in which some of these coins were struck by the EICo… (from Shailen)

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BE 164

√ 1542c.

-

1177

4

Noman

See Stevens JONS

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