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Sultans of Bengal, Da'ud Shah Kararani, (A.H. 980-984; A.D. 1572-1576), Tanda mint, silver rupee or tanka, dated 980 on right edge obverse margin, (11.28 g), (Rajgor 598, G&G B982). Nearly extremely fine and rare.
Estimate $250
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Sultans of Delhi, Ala al-din Mas'ud, (A.H. 639-644, A.D. 1242-1246); silver tanka, Delhi mint, (11.00 g), dated 641, (G&G. D121, Rajgor 899). Very fine or better and rare with a date reading.
Estimate $120
Passed in
Sultans of Delhi, Alau-D-Din Muhammad Shah II, (695-715 A.H., 1296-1316 A.D.), silver tankah, (10.96 grams), Delhi mint, dated 702, obv. four lines, (The most mighty Sultan Alau-D-Din wa ud din the Victorious Muhammad Shah, the Sultan). rev. three lines (Sekunder the II, right hand of the Khalifat, supporter of the faithful), others uncertain dates (10.96 g, 11.00 g and 11.00 g), (G&G D226, cf. Hull 205, M.2551, Rajgor 994). Toned, very fine. (4)
Estimate $120
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Sultans of Delhi, Farid-ud-din Sher Shah Suri, (945-952 A.H., 1538-1545 A.D.), silver rupee, (11.47 g), Gwalior Mint, dated 952, (G&G 781, cf.Rajgor 1659, M.2632); Islam Shah Suri, (952-960 A.H., 1545-1552 A.D.), silver rupee, Narnol mint, dated 960, (11.33 g), (G&G D965, Rajgor 1780); Sultans of Bengal, Ghiyath al-Din Bahadur, (A.H. 963-968; A.D. 1555-1560), mintless type silver rupees, probably struck at Lakhnauti or Tanda, year 967, (illustrated) (Rajgor 587, G&G B967). Very fine. (3)
Estimate $150
SOLD $150
Mogul, Akbar, (A.H. 963-1014, A.D. 1556-1605), silver half rupee, square issue without mint name, Regnal year 35, Azar month, (5.25 g), (KM.63.1); Jahangir, (A.H. 1014-1037, A.D. 1605-1628), round silver half rupee, struck at Ahmadnagar mint, nd., (5.62 g), (KM 134.1, unpriced). Very fine, last rare. (2)
Estimate $150
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Mogul, Akbar, (A.H. 963-1014, A.D. 1556-1605), square silver rupee, Ahmadabad Dar-al-Mulk mint, (10.98 g), AH 993 (1585), (KM.82.1, cf.M.3043). Clear date reading, good very fine, scarce.
Estimate $80
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Mogul, Jahangir with Nur Jahan, (A.H. 1014-1037), (A.D. 1605-1628), silver rupee, (11.33 g), Patna mint, AH 1037, RY 22, (KM.168.5). Score mark on reverse, good fine, scarce.
Estimate $100
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Mogul, Jahangir, (A.H. 1014-1037), (A.D. 1605-1628), in name of Empress Nur Jahan, by authority of Emperor Jahangir, silver rupee, (11.13 g), Agra mint, A.H. 1034 (1624-5), (KM.168.1). Very fine and rare.
Estimate $300
Passed in
Mogul, Shah Jahan I, (A.H. 1037-1068), (A.D. 1628-1658), round silver rupee Shahajahanabad mint, RY 28, (KM. 222.13); Aurangzeb, (A.H. 1068-1118, A.D. 1658-1707), silver rupee, uncertain mint, RY 11 (KM.300.X); Shah Alam Bahadur, (A.H. 1119-1124, A.D. 1707-1712), silver rupee Akbarabad mint, (KM.347.1); Muhammad Shah (A.H.1131-1161), (A.D.1719-1748), silver rupee, Shahjahanabad mint, RY 12, AH 114X, (KM.436.56). Fine - very fine. (4)
Estimate $100
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Mogul, Muhammad Murad Bakhsh, (A.H. 1068, A.D. 1658), silver rupee, (11.45 g), Surat mint, year 1068 = A.D. 1658, (KM.272.3, Hull 1669-1670). Good very fine, very scarce.
Estimate $250
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Mogul, Shah Alam Bahadur, (A.H. 1119-1124, A.D. 1707-1712), silver rupee, Ahmadnagar mint, Regnal year 4, year 1122, (1710-1711), (11.43 g), (KM.348.1). Extremely fine, with some mint bloom.
Estimate $150
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Mogul, Aziz-ud-din 'Alamgir II, (A.H. 1167-1173), (A.D.1754-1759), round silver rupee, struck at Mahindarpur mint, issued A.H. 1170 (A.D. 1755-6), Regnal year 3, (11.29 g), (KM.460.33). Nearly extremely fine, scarce.
Estimate $300
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Jaipur State, Ram Singh (A.H. 1251-1298, A.D. 1835-1880), silver nazarana rupee, year 8 (sic), A.H. 1268, A.D.1851-2, in the name of Bahadur Shah II (11.30 g), (KM.95); together with East India Company, Madras Presidency, gilt 20 cash 1808, (KM.321). Very fine or better. (2)
Estimate $90
SOLD $120
Jaipur State, Queen Victoria and Madho Singh II, (A.D. 1880-1922), silver nazarana rupee, with obverse A.D. date 1913, and reverse with regnal year 34, (11.41 g), (KM. 147). Toned, extremely fine and scarce.
Estimate $120
SOLD $190
British India, East India Company, William IV, silver rupees, 1835, F incuse (KM.450.3, Pr.34). Very fine or better. (5)
Estimate $120
SOLD $200
British India, East India Company, Queen Victoria, silver rupees, 1840, continuous legend, (KM.457.1, 457.3, Pr.42, 51[5], 52[2]). Mostly very fine or better. (8)
Estimate $120
SOLD $230
British India, East India Company, Queen Victoria, silver rupees, 1840, divided legend, W.W., W.W.S, (KM.458.1, 458.2, 458.7, Pr.56[3], 57[3], 59); silver half rupees, W.W. (incuse) (2), S.W.W, (S raised) (KM.456.2, 456.4, Pr.80[2], 82). Fair - extremely fine. (11)
Estimate $160
SOLD $260
British India, East India Company, Queen Victoria, silver rupees, 1840, divided legend, W.W., (KM.458.1, 458.2, Pr.56[10], 57[2]). Fine or better. (12)
Estimate $180
SOLD $300
British India, East India Company, Queen Victoria, silver rupees, 1840, divided legend, W.W., W.W.S, W.W.B, (KM.458.3, 458.4, 458.5, 458.7, Pr.57, 59, 60[2]). Good fine or better. (4)
Estimate $120
SOLD $180
British India, Queen Victoria - George VI, silver rupees, Bombay mint, 1877 dot (2, reverse I and II), 1878 dot (3, reverse II), Calcutta mint 1878 no dot (2, reverse I), 1880 no dot (reverse I), Bombay mint 1884 no dot (reverse II), 1884 B raised (reverse II), 1891 B incuse, (reverse I), 1900 B incuse (reverse I), 1943 dot Bombay mint, (KM.492, 557.1, Pr.116[2], 118, 149, 150, 151[3], 165, 166, 179, 186, 241). Nearly fine - uncirculated. (13)
Estimate $250
SOLD $350
British India, Queen Victoria, silver rupees, Bombay mint, mm.B incuse, 1886, 1889, 1890 (3), 1891, 1892, 1893 (3); Calcutta mint, mm C incuse, 1900 (2), 1901 (2), all reverse I, (KM.492, Pr.138[2], 139[2], 171, 177, 178[3], 179, 181, 182[3]). Fine - good extremely fine. (14)
Estimate $250
SOLD $350
British India, Queen Victoria - George VI, silver half rupees, Calcutta mint, 1896, 1906, 1908, 1910, 1912, 1923, 1934, 1936, 1939 (type I), 1940 (type II) (2), (KM.490, 507, 522, 549, 550a, Pr.279, 310, 312, 314, 319, 326, 334, 335, 363, 365[2]). First coin very good, others extremely fine - uncirculated. (11)
Estimate $150
SOLD $250
British India, George V, silver rupee, full obverse brockage (KM.524). Extremely fine.
Estimate $150
SOLD $450
British India, Edward VII - George VI, silver half rupees, Bombay and Lahore mints, 1907, 1916, 1917, 1918, 1919 (3), 1924, 1928 (2), 1936, 1939 (type I), 1940 (type II) (3), 1941, 1943, 1943 (Lahore), 1944 (2), 1945, 1946 (nickel issue), (KM.507, 522, 549, 550a, 551, 552, 553, Pr.316, 340, 341, 342, 343[3], 346, 349[2], 350, 352, 354[3], 355, 358, 360[2], 361, 367, 866). Fine - extremely fine. (23)
Estimate $180
SOLD $200
British India, Edward VII - George VI, silver quarter rupees, Calcutta mint, 1903, 1906, 1910, 1912, 1913, 1940 (3) Bombay mint, Calcutta mint 1940 no dot, 1943 (2) no dot (normal edge), Bombay mint 1943 (3) dot (security edge, one with star lotus), 1944 dot (6), 1945 dot (2), (KM.506, 518, 544a, 546, 547, Pr.432, 435, 439, 441, 442, 463[4], 464[2], 465, 467[6], 469. 473, 475[2]). Fine - nearly uncirculated. (22)
Estimate $140
SOLD $160
British India, George VI, silver quarter rupees, 1940 T/II dot (Pr.463), 1940 T/II no dot (Pr.473), 1942 T/II no dot (Pr.474), 1943 T/II dot (Pr.466 sans serif), 1944 T/II dot (Pr.467, star lotus) (2), 1944 T/II dot (Pr.368 sans serif). Very fine - nearly uncirculated. (7)
Estimate $40
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British India, East India Company and British India, William IV - George VI, fractional mostly non-silver coins, twelfth annas 1898, 1933, 1941 (Pr.803, 847, 862); quarter annas. 1835 (6, Pr.142 [4], 145, 149), 1862, (Pr.600), 1880, 1903, 1910, 1934, 1936 (Pr.614, 646, 655, 674, 676), half pice 1862, 1895, 1912 (Pr.713, 728, 745), pice 1943(2), 1944, 1945(2) (Pr. 701, 703 [2], 705[2]), half anna 1835 (Pr.133), 1862 (Pr.577[2], 578), one anna 1908, 1914, 1919, 1947 (Pr.927, 944, 949, 970), two annas 1862, 1874, 1904, 1914, 1926, 1943, 1944, (Pr. 482, 516, 557, 567, 899, 919, 920), quarter rupee 1908 (Pr.437), eight annas 1919 (Pr.870), silver half rupee 1862 (Pr.258) (uncirculated), 1911 Royal medal visit. Fine - nearly uncirculated. (42)
Estimate $200
SOLD $320
British India, George V - George VI, fractional non-silver coins, twelfth annas 1927, 1933 (Pr.841, 847); quarter annas. 1929, 1938, 1939 (3), 1941 (Pr. 670, 684, 685, 687, 690 [2], half anna 1946 dash dot dash (Pr.992), one anna 1919, 1928, 1935, 1936, 1939, 1940, 1944, 1945 (5), two annas 1918, 1924, 1939 (2), 1940, 1943, (Pr. 894, 897, 906, 913, 919). Fine - nearly uncirculated. (27)
Estimate $100
SOLD $180
British India, Queen Victoria, George V, copies of unusual coin and a regular coin, silver rupee 1876 with obverse reading VICTORIA EMPRESS, which only commenced in 1877 and eight annas 1919 which should be in cupro-nickel but cast in a base metal. First coin extremely fine, other fine. (2)
Estimate $50
SOLD $300