Bengal
Nawābs – Aḥmad Shāh – Murshīdābād Mint, Silver
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أحمد
شاه بهدور ي بادشاه
غاز ك سكة مبار |
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مانوس ميمنت سنه
جلوس ڧرب مرشد
اباد |
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sicca
mubārak bādshāh ghāzī aḥmad shāh
bahādur |
ẓarb
murshīdābād sanah [RY] julūs maimanat mānūs |
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Rupee |
Half
Rupee |
Quarter
Rupee |
Eighth
Rupee |
1/16
Rupee |
1/64
Rupee |
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Actual
Weight (g) |
~11.6 |
~5.6 |
~2.8 |
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~0.7 |
0.18 |
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Actual
Diameter (mm) |
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~7-7.2 |
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Composition |
Silver |
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Catalogue
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Cat No. |
Photo Link |
KM |
Denomination |
AH |
RY |
Provenance |
Comments |
Rarity |
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BE 40 |
√ 7782. |
446.15 |
Rupee |
1161 |
1 |
RJ |
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C |
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BE 41 |
√ 7783. |
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” |
1162 |
1 |
Ste, |
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BE 42 |
√ 7783b. |
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” |
1162 |
2 |
RJ |
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BE 43 |
√ 7783c. |
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” |
1163 |
2 |
Ste, Vikram
Chatterjee |
See photos for one (from VC) that is struck over that of Muḥammad
Shāh, presumably as a way of addressing the batta system |
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BE 44 |
√ 7783e. |
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” |
1163 |
3 |
RJ |
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BE 45 |
√ 7785. |
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” |
1164 |
3 |
Zeno |
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BE 46 |
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” |
1164 |
4 |
Date listed by Dudhoria & Rhodes |
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BE 47 |
√ 7786. |
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” |
1165 |
5 |
Oswal |
See Dudhoria & Rhodes for RY |
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BE 48 |
√ 7787. |
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” |
1166 |
6 |
RJ, Vikram
Chatterjee |
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BE 49 |
√ 7788. |
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” |
1167 |
6 |
Oswal |
See photos for a specimen with RY 6 written as 1 |
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BE 49C |
√ 7788c. |
444.4 |
Half
Rupee |
1162 |
1 |
Oswal |
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RR |
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BE 50 |
” |
xxxx |
2 |
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RR |
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BE 51 |
√ 7788c3. |
” |
xxxx |
6 |
RJ, Tody |
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BE 52 |
√ 7788c6. |
443.1 |
Quarter
Rupee |
xxxx |
1 |
RJ |
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RR |
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BE 52 |
√ 7788c9. |
” |
xxxx |
4 |
RJ |
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RR |
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BE 52C |
” |
xxxx |
5 |
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RR |
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BE 52E |
√ 7788e6. |
Eighth
Rupee |
xxxx |
4 |
Bald |
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RR |
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BE 53 |
√ 7788i. |
Sixteenth
Rupee |
xxxx |
6 |
Oswal via RJ |
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RR |
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BE 53C |
√ 7788k. |
Sixty-Fourth Rupee |
xxxx |
4 |
RJ |
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RRR |