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Bengal Nawābs – ‘Ālamgīr II – Murshīdābād Mint, Gold

 

 

مانوس

ميمنت

سنه جلوس

ڧرب

مرشد اباد

 

ẓarb murshīdābād sanah [RY] julūs maimanat mānūs

 

 

Quarter Mohur

Eighth Mohur

Sixteenth Mohur

Thirty-Second Mohur

Sixty-Fourth Mohur

Actual Weight (g)

2.74-2.75

1.4

0.7

0.3-0.4

<0.2

Actual Diameter (mm)

 

10

8

6

5

Composition

Gold

 

Catalogue

Cat No.

Photo Link

KM

Denomination

AH

RY

Provenance

Comments

Rarity

BE 95

8071m.

-

Quarter Mohur

 

4

 

Ref: Baldwin (2013), sale 84 (Fore) lots 1270 & 1271

RR

BE 96

8071m1.

-

Eighth Mohur

 

4

 

Nick Rhodes from a private collection in Calcutta

RRR

BE 97

8071n.

-

Sixteenth Mohur

 

1

 

Nick Rhodes from a private collection in Calcutta

RRR

BE 98

8071p.

-

 

4

 

Nick Rhodes from a private collection in Calcutta

BE 99

8071r.

-

Thirty-Second Mohur

 

2

 

Nick Rhodes from a private collection in Calcutta

RRR

BE 100

8071t.

-

Sixty-Fourth Mohur

 

4

 

Nick Rhodes from a private collection in Calcutta

RRR

 

Bengal Nawābs – INO Ālamgīr II – Murshīdābād Mint, Silver – Type 1 – Square Area Type

 

 

 

 

 

 

Actual Weight (g)

 

 

Actual Diameter (mm)

 

 

Metal

Silver

 

Catalogue

Cat No.

Photo Link

KM

Denomination

AH

RY

Provenance

Comments

Rarity

BE 105

8072.

455.1

Rupee

1168

2

Bhandare

Only one specimen known at present (Berlin museum).

RRR

 

Bengal Nawābs – ‘Ālamgīr II – Murshīdābād Mint, Silver – Type 2

 

عالمغير

ي

بادشاه غاز

ك

سكة مبار

مانوس

ميمنت

سنه جلوس

ڧرب

مرشد اباد

sicca mubārak bādshāh ghāzī ‘ālamgīr

ẓarb murshīdābād sanah [RY] julūs maimanat mānūs

 

 

Rupee

Half Rupee

Quarter Rupee

Eighth Rupee

Sixteenth Rupee

Actual Weight (g)

 

 

 

 

 

Actual Diameter (mm)

 

 

 

 

 

Composition

Silver

 

Catalogue

Cat No.

Photo Link

KM

Denomination

AH

RY

Provenance

Comments

Rarity

BE 110

8072c.

460.15

Rupee

1167

1

Ste

 

S

BE 111

8072c1.

 

1168

1

Zubair

 

 

BE 112

8072c1c.

 

1168

2

Bald

 

 

BE 113

8072c2.

 

1169

2

Oswal via RJ

 

 

BE 114

8072c2b.

 

[1170]

3

RJ

No hole in centre of star

 

BE 115

8072c2c.

 

1171

4

Bald, Oswal

 

 

BE 116

8072c2e.

 

1171

5

RJ

 

 

BE 117

8072c3.

 

1172

5

RJ

 

 

BE 118

8072c3c.

 

1172

6

Ste, Lingen, NR, Vikram, Noon

See photos for possible nazarana

 

BE 119

8072c4.

 

1173

6

Bald, Ste, NR, Noman, Bombay

Two styles of dot groupings exist. See photos and also EIC Bengal 1.18 (1174/6)

 

BE 119C

8072d2.

 

Half Rupee

xxxx

1

Ste

 

RR

BE 120

8072d9.

 

xxxx

6

Ste

 

BE 121

8072e2.

452.2

Quarter Rupee

xxxx

1

RJ

 

RR

BE 122

8072e.

1169

2

HC, RJ

 

 

BE 123

8072e3.

 

xxxx

3

Ste, Tody

 

 

BE 124

8072e5.

 

xxxx

4

Ste

 

 

BE 125

8072e7.

 

xxxx

5

Ste

 

 

BE 126

8072e9.

 

xxxx

6

Ste, HC, Vikram Chatterjee

See photos for slight differences in arrangement of dots on reverse

 

BE 126C

8072e10.

 

Eighth Rupee

xxxx

1

RJ, SA

 

RR

BE 127

8072e11.

 

xxxx

2

Noble

 

BE 128

8072e13.

 

xxxx

6

HC

 

BE 129

8072e16.

 

Sixteenth Rupee

xxxx

6

HC

 

See also Bengal Presidency for more of the smaller denominations attributed to Kalkatta but probably Murshīdābād