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Moghul Empire – Muḥammad Shāh – Murshīdābād Mint, Gold

sikka mubārak bādshāh ghāzī muḥammad shāh (= the auspicious coin of the victorious Emperor Muḥammad Shāh).

	Mohur	Half Mohur	Quarter Mohur	1/64 Mohur
Actual Weight (g)		5.48	2.77
Actual Diameter (mm)
Composition	Gold

Catalogue

Cat No.	Photo Link	KM	Denomination	AH	RY	Provenance	Comments	Rarity
MS 775	√ 7309.	438.18	Mohur		12	Zeno		RR
MS 776	√ 7309b.		”		20	Bald
MS 777	7309c.		”		23
MS 780	√ 7309e.		Half Mohur		30	Bald		RRR
MS 782	√ 7309f.		Quarter Mohur	xxxx	6	Oswal		RRR
MS 785	√ 7309g.		1/64 Mohur		16	SA via RJ		RRR

Moghul Empire – Muḥammad Shāh – Murshīdābād Mint, Silver – Type 1

See Ashok Dudhoria & Nicholas Rhodes unpublished paper for a list of rupee dates

nāṣir al-dīn abū al-fatḥ

Actual Weight (g)

Actual Diameter (mm)

Composition

Silver

Catalogue

Cat No.	Photo Link	KM	Denomination	AH	RY	Provenance	Comments	Rarity
MS 790	√ 7310.		Rupee	1131	1	Bhandare	With legend nāṣir al-dīn abū al-fatḥ added to the obverse.

Moghul Empire – Muḥammad Shāh – Murshīdābād Mint, Silver – Type 2

sikka mubārak bādshāh ghāzī muḥammad shāh (= the auspicious coin of the victorious Emperor Muḥammad Shāh).

	Rupee	Half Rupee	Quarter Rupee	Eighth Rupee	1/16 Rupee	1/32 Rupee	1/64 Rupee
Actual Weight (g)	11.17-11.70	5.73-5.79	2.70-2.90	1.32-1.46	0.68-0.73g	0.33-0.37	0.20g
Actual Diameter (mm)	20.1-25.4	17.8-18.4	12.6-15.0	10.2-12.4	8.1-9.6	7.2-7.9	6.1-6.3
Composition	Silver

Catalogue

Cat No.	Photo Link	KM	Denomination	AH	RY	Provenance	Comments	Rarity
MS 795	7310e.	436.46	Rupee	1131	1		LMC 2600	S
MS 796	√ 7310c.		”	1132	1	Lingen	See photos for different symbol on reverse
MS 797	√ 7311.		”		2	Ste
MS 798	√ 7312.		”	11xx	3	Bombay
MS 799	√ 7313.		”		4	Ste
MS 800	√ 7313c.		”	1135	5	RJ
MS 801	√ 7314.		”	1136	5	Anand Ajay
MS 802	√ 7315.		”	11xx	6	RJ
MS 803	√ 7316.		”	1138	7	Ste
MS 804	7317.		”		8		LMC 2601
MS 805	7318.		”		9
MS 806	7319.		”	1140	10
MS 807	7320.		”		11
MS 808	7321.		”		12
MS 809	7322.		”		13
MS 810	√ 7322c.		”	1144	14	Tody
MS 811	√ 7323.		”	1145	14	Ste
MS 812	√ 7324.		”	1145	15	Ste, Zeno
MS 813	√ 7325.		”	11xx	16	Bombay	LMC 2602
MS 814	√ 7326.		”	1147	17	Ste, HC	See photos for a more carefully struck specimen.
MS 815	√ 7327.		”	1148	18	Oswal
MS 815C	7327c.		”	1149	18
MS 816	7328.		”	1149	19		LMC 2603 & 2604
MS 816C	√ 7328c.		”	115[0]	19	Ste but no AH, Coin World
MS 817	√ 7329.		”		20	RJ
MS 818	√ 7329c.		”	1151	21	Ste but no AH
MS 819	√ 7330.		”	1152	22	Ste
MS 820	√ 7331.		”	1154	23	Indian Coins Hub	See Rhodes paper above
MS 821	√ 7332.		”	1154	24	Tody via RJ
MS 822	√ 7332c.		”	1155	24	RJ
MS 823	√ 7333.		”	1155	25	RJ
MS 824	√ 7334.		”	1156	26	Ste	LMC 2605; see Rhodes paper above
MS 825	7334c.		”	1157	26		See Rhodes paper above
MS 826	√ 7335.		”	1157	27	Ste	LMC 2607
MS 827	7335c.		”	1158	27		See Rhodes paper above
MS 828	7335e.		”	1158	28		See Rhodes paper above
MS 829	√ 7336.		”	1159	28	Ste but no AH, SA via RJ	See photos for a very well struck example.
MS 830	√ 7337.		”	115x	29	Ste, Zeno	see Rhodes paper above
MS 831	√ 7337c.		”	1160	29	Bombay	LMC 2607 & 2608
MS 832	√ 7338.		”	1161	30	Ste but no AH, RJ	LMC 2609
MS 833	√ 7338c.	433.8	Half Rupee		5	ClassNG		RR
MS 834E	√ 7338c6.		”		17	RJ
MS 834	√ 7338d.		”		22	Virasat
MS 834E	√ 7338d3.		”		30	ClassNG
MS 835	√ 7338d6.	431.3	Quarter Rupee		6	RJ from Her		RR
MS 836	√ 7338e.		”		8	Bald, RJ from Her, RJ
MS 836C	√ 7338f.		”		13	Tody
MS 837	√ 7338g.		”		16	Bald
MS 837C	√ 7338g2.		”		20	RJ
MS 838	√ 7338g3.		”		25	SA, Tody
MS 838C	√ 7338g4.		”		26	ClassNG
MS 838G	√ 7338g5.		”		29	RJ
MS 839	√ 7338g6.		”		30	RJ, Tody
MS 840	√ 7338k.	C431.3	Eighth Rupee		1	Zeno		RR
MS 840C	√ 7338n.		”		4	Oswal
MS 840E	√ 7338n3.		”		8	Bombay
MS 840G	√ 7338n6.		”		10	Oswal
MS 841	√ 7338k1.		”	11xx	11	RJ
MS 841C	√ 7338k2.		”		13	RJ
MS 841D	√ 7338kn9.		”		14	RJ
MS 841E	√ 7338k2c.		”		17	Vikram Chatterjee
MS 841G	√ 7338n12.		”		18	ClassNG
MS 841J	√ 7338n15.		”		20	RJ
MS 842	√ 7338k3.		”		21	Zeno
MS 842E	√ 7338n18.		”		24	RJ
MS 842G	√ 7338n21.		”	115x	25	ClassNG
MS 842J	√ 7338k6.		”		28	Tody
MS 842L	√ 7338n24.		”		29	ClassNG
MS 843	√ 7338j.		”		30	Bald
MS 844	√ 7338j6.	B431.2	Sixteenth Rupee		1	Zeno		RRR
MS 845	√ 7338j3.				12	RJ
MS 846	√ 7338j9.				27	SA
MS 846E	√ 7338j12.				29	RJ
MS 847	√ 7338m3.		Thirty-Second Rupee		1	Zeno		RRR
MS 848	√ 7338m.		”		18	NR, RJ	From Nick Rhodes. Private collection in Calcutta. Not certainly Murshīdābād but likely
MS 848C	√ 7338m6.		”		19	ClassNG
MS 849	√ 7338j5.		Sixty-Forth Rupee		15	HC, Bald

Photo from Bob Johnston. Wt = 0.32. Diam = 7.5-7.9mm.

Ruler not clear. May be Muḥammad Shāh, Aḥmad Shāh or Ālamgīr II. Probably Murshidabad.

Moghul Empire – Muḥammad Shāh – Murshīdābād Mint, Copper

julūs mubārak	ẓarb murshīdābād sanah [RY]

Actual Weight (g)

~11.5

Actual Diameter (mm)

Composition

Copper

Catalogue

Cat No.	Photo Link	KM	Denomination	AH	RY	Provenance	Comments	Rarity
MS 850	√ 7310m.		Pice		12	Zeno	Emperor’s name not visible but see Rhodes, JONS 207, p. 37	RRR
MS 850E	√ 7310m5.		”		20	Zeno