Aurangzeb, Islamabad Mint

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Moghul Empire – Aurangzeb – Islamabad Mint, Gold, Type 1, Mint Name at top

Islamabad Chakan

In all likelihood, coins of this variety with mint-name at the top were struck at Chakan in Maharashtra following its capture from the Marathas by the Mughals.


sikka zad dār jahān chau mihr mūnīr shāh aurangzeb ‘ālamgīr (= Struck money through the world like the shining sun. Shāh Aurangzeb ‘Ālamgīr).		ẓarb islāmābād sanah [RY] julūs maimanat mānūs (= Struck at Islamabad in the [RY] year of his reign of tranquil prosperity).

Actual Weight (g)

Actual Diameter (mm)

Composition

Gold

Catalogue

Cat No.	Photo Link	KM	GR	Denomination	AH	RY	Provenance	Comments	Rarity
AU 1980	√ 3760.		13.84	Mohur	1074		Bhandare	This has the AH date at bottom right on the reverse, instead of the RY.	R
AU 1981	√ 3760m3.			”	xxxx	7	RJ
AU 1982	√ 3760m.			”	1079	11	Tody, Zeno	May repeat the AH date at lower left on the reverse and RY at lower left on the obverse.

Moghul Empire – Aurangzeb – Islamabad Mint, Gold, Type 2, Mint Name at Bottom

Islāmābād Mathura


sikka zad dār jahān chau mihr mūnīr shāh aurangzeb ‘ālamgīr (= Struck money through the world like the shining sun. Shāh Aurangzeb ‘Ālamgīr).		ẓarb islāmābād sanah [RY] julūs maimanat mānūs (= Struck at Islamabad in the [RY] year of his reign of tranquil prosperity).

Actual Weight (g)

Actual Diameter (mm)

Composition

Gold

Catalogue

Cat No.	Photo Link	KM	GR	Denomination	AH	RY	Provenance	Comments	Rarity
AU 1983	√ 3760c.		13.83	”	1098	30	Roma		R
AU 1984	3761.			”	1102	38		Lah1477. AH/RY date mismatch. Perhaps a misreading of a 6 for a 2 in the Lah catalogue, or an engraving mistake.
AU 1985	√ 3761c.			”	1107	39	Bald, Tody
AU 1986	√ 3762.			”	1107	41	Ste	AH/RY date mismatch
AU 1987	√ 3762c.			”	1112	44	CNG

Moghul Empire – Aurangzeb – Islāmābād Mint, Silver – Type 1, mihr Couplet, Mint Name at top, Shortened Reverse Legend

Islamabad Chakan

sikka zad dār jahān chau mihr mūnīr shāh aurangzeb ‘ālamgīr (= Struck money through the world like the shining sun. Shāh Aurangzeb ‘Ālamgīr).

Legend arranged differently from type 2

ẓarb islāmābād sanah [RY] (= Struck at Islāmābād in [RY]).

Actual Weight (g)

Actual Diameter (mm)

Composition

Silver

Catalogue

Cat No.	Photo Link	KM	GR	Denomination	AH	RY	Provenance	Comments	Rarity
AU 1988	√ 3767m6.	-	13.137	Rupee	1071	x	Zeno	See photos for further comments	RR

Moghul Empire – Aurangzeb – Islāmābād Mint, Silver – Type 2, mihr Couplet, Mint Name at top

Struck at Islāmābād Chakan


sikka zad dār jahān chau mihr mūnīr shāh aurangzeb ‘ālamgīr (= Struck money through the world like the shining sun. Shāh Aurangzeb ‘Ālamgīr).		ẓarb islāmābād sanah [RY] julūs maimanat mānūs (= Struck at Islāmābād in the [RY] year of his reign of tranquil prosperity).

Actual Weight (g)

Actual Diameter (mm)

Composition

Silver

Catalogue

Cat No.	Photo Link	KM	GR	Denomination	AH	RY	Provenance	Comments	Rarity
AU 1989	√ 3767m.	-	13.34	Rupee	1073	5	Sandeep Nijasure, Tody		R
AU 1990	√ 3767m3.			”	1074	7	Bhandare, SA	See photos for further discussion

Moghul Empire – Aurangzeb – Islāmābād Mint, Silver – Type 3, badr Couplet, Mint Name at top

Islamabad Chakan

sikka zad dār jahān chau badr mūnīr shāh aurangzeb ‘ālamgīr (= Struck money through the world like the shining moon. Shāh Aurangzeb ‘Ālamgīr).

ẓarb islāmābād sanah [RY] julūs maimanat mānūs (= Struck at Islāmābād in the [RY] year of his reign of tranquil prosperity).

AH date is usually on both obverse and reverse. Position of both AH and RY dates varies

Actual Weight (g)

Actual Diameter (mm)

Composition

Silver

Catalogue

Cat No.	Photo Link	KM	GR	Denomination	AH	RY	Provenance	Comments	Rarity
AU 1991	√ 3763c.	300.35	13.206	Rupee	1071	3	Oswal, Bombay	See photos for a possible 1072/3	S
AU 1991C	√ 3763d.			”	1073	4	Oswal
AU 1991E	√ 3763d5.			”	1073	5	Tody
AU 1992	√ 3763e.			”	1074	7	Bombay, Zeno, Oswal
AU 1993	√ 3764.			”	1076	7	Zeno, ClassNG	AH/RY dates mismatched. This date and the following may have AH date and RY on both the obverse and reverse. See photos.
AU 1994	3765.			”	1076	8
AU 1995	3765c.			”	1076	9
AU 1996	√ 3766.			”	1077	9	Zeno
AU 1997	√ 3766c.			”	1078	11	Bhandare
AU 1998	√ 3766e.			”	1079	11	Tody
AU 1999	√ 3767.			”	1079	12	Oswal, Marudhar

Moghul Empire – Aurangzeb – Islāmābād Mint, Silver – Type 4, badr Couplet, Mint Name at bottom

Islāmābād Mathura


sikka zad dār jahān chau badr mūnīr shāh aurangzeb ‘ālamgīr (= Struck money through the world like the shining moon. Shāh Aurangzeb ‘Ālamgīr)		ẓarb islāmābād sanah [RY] julūs maimanat mānūs (= Struck at Islāmābād in the [RY] year of his reign of tranquil prosperity).

Actual Weight (g)

Actual Diameter (mm)

Composition

Silver

Catalogue

Cat No.	Photo Link	KM	GR	Denomination	AH	RY	Provenance	Comments	Rarity
AU 2000	3769g.	300.36		Rupee	1094	27		Type not verified	S
AU 2000C	√ 3769j3.		13.208	”	1098	30	Bombay	RY and sanah at left on reverse
AU 2001	√ 3769j.		13.207	”	1098	30	Sekhar Kausik, Tody	RY and sanah now at right on reverse. Position of AH date varies. See photos.
AU 2002	3770.			”	1099	30		AH/RY dates mismatched
AU 2003	√ 3770b.			”	1101	32	ClassNG, Tody	AH/RY dates mismatched. See photos for examples that look like RY 42 but may be RY 32 with a die break, Another possibility is that these have an incorrect AH date, which should be 1110, with RY 42?
AU 2004	√ 3770c.			”	1103	35	SA
AU 2005	√ 3771.			”	1106	38	Kiran Shelar
AU 2006	√ 3771c.			”	1106	39	Ste, SA, Zeno
AU 2007	√ 3772.			”	1107	39	Levy
AU 2008	√ 3772c.			”	1107	40	Tody, Kunker	See photos for an 1107/41 light weight possibly counterfeit
AU 2009	√ 3773.			”	1108	40	AbhiCh
AU 2010	√ 3773c.			”	1109	41	Zeno, Sincona
AU 2011	√ 3774.			”	1111	43	Marudhar
AU 2012	√ 3774b.			”	1112	44	Bombay
AU 2013	√ 3774c.			”	1112	45	SA
AU 2014	√ 3774e.			”	1113	46	Zeno
AU 2015	3775.			”	xxxx	49