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Madras Presidency, European style coinages, Hindu system, gold pagoda, (2.93 grams), type as previous (1805-15), top of pagoda points to O. (Pr.150, KM.356). Very fine or better.
Estimate $400
SOLD $420
Madras Presidency, Muhammadan system, European Style Coinage, in the name of 'Alamgir II (A.H.1167-1173, A.D. 1754-1759), issued 1817-1818, (11.69 grams), Madras mint, closed lotus type, gold rupee or mohur, impressed with the mint name Arkat, type as silver rupee with frozen date, A.H.1172, Regnal Year 6, edge with centre graining to left, (Pr. 238, KM. 418). Extremely fine and very rare.
Estimate $3,500
SOLD $3,500
Madras Presidency, European style coinages, Muhammadan system, (1819) ashrafi or gold mohur, British East India Company, EIC arms reverse value in Persian, edge straight grained, (11.66 grams), (Pr.241; KM.421.2). Several minor rim nicks, otherwise good very fine.
Estimate $800
SOLD $850
Madras Presidency, European style coinage, Muhammadan system, (1819) gold half ashrafi or half mohur, (5.82 grams), (Pr.242, KM.420). Extremely fine and scarce.
Estimate $1,750
SOLD $1,750
Madras Presidency, European style coinage, Muhammadan system, similar to above, (1819) quarter-ashrafi or quarter mohur, (2.91 grams), (Pr.243, KM.419). Very fine.
Estimate $500
SOLD $1,050
Madras Presidency, British Style Coinage system, gold third mohur or five rupees, issued 1819, struck at Madras mint, (3.88 grams), obv. EIC arms without suporters, around ENGLISH EAST INDIA COMPANY, rev. in Persian 'Five rupees of the Honourable English Company', (Pr.244, KM.422). Nearly extremely fine, scarce.
Estimate $450
SOLD $500
Madras Presidency, native style coinage, in the name of Alamgir II (A.H. 1167-1173, A.D. 1754-1759), silver rupee, Arcot mint, frozen year 6 (issued to 1809), (Pr.140, KM.384); copper 1/48th and 1/96th rupee or one or half dub, 1794 both probably impaired proofs, (KM.392, 394, Pr.311, 320) (both illustrated); copper twenty cash 1808, (KM.321, Pr.202); another 1/48th rupee (KM.398, Pr.316); two fanams, issued c.1690-1807, (KM.299, Pr.18); others (2) two fanams c.1807 (KM.338, Pr.160) and eighth rupee AH 1172/6, mm rose, (KM.424, Pr.266); ten cash 1808 (KM.320, Pr.206); five cash 1803, (KM.317, Pr.208); one cash 1803 (KM.315, Pr.212); Travancore, Rama Varma V, silver Viraraya fanams (5), c.1881, (KM.30). Fine - nearly uncirculated. (16)
Estimate $200
SOLD $850
Bombay Presidency, Indian design, Bombay Mint gold quarter mohur issued A.H. 1188 (1788) in the name of Alamgir II (1754-1759), (3.85 grams), (Pr.10; KM. SAC 657). Very fine and rare.
Estimate $1,200
SOLD $2,100
Bombay Presidency, Indian design, Surat mint, 1800-1815, in the name of Shah Alam II (A.H. 1173-1221, A.D. 1759-1806), gold mohur, (11.56 grams), with frozen Regnal year 4[6], privy mark No.1 (three lozenges, one over two), dumpy flan, early issue, without A.H. date, (Pr. 250, KM.214, BMC 87-89). Extremely fine, rare.
Estimate $1,000
SOLD $0
Bombay Presidency, Indian design, Surat Mint gold double panchia or ten rupees (7.86 grams) in the name of Shah Alam II (1759-1806), regnal year 51, pm 1 (three lozenges, one over two) without A.H. date (cf. Pr.250-1, KM.; SAC 667). Extremely fine and extremely rare.
Estimate $2,000
SOLD $4,200
Bombay Presidency, Indian Design, Surat mint, 1800-1815, in the name of Shah Alam II (A.H. 1173-1221, A.D. 1759-1806), gold rupee or fifteenth mohur, (0.74 grams), with frozen Regnal year 4[6], privy mark No.1 (three lozenges, one over two), (Pr.252, KM.213). Good very fine and very scarce.
Estimate $300
SOLD $300
Bombay Presidency, Surat Mint 1800-1815, gold rupee, pm 1, (0.77 grams), (Pr.252; KM.248), Regnal year 46 clear. Nearly extremely fine.
Estimate $350
SOLD $400
Bombay Presidency, Bombay Mint 1801-1835, gold mohur 1803-24 pm 4a (inverted crown over two lozenges), (Pr.262 KM.246). Regnal year 46 almost fully clear, good very fine and rare.
Estimate $2,400
SOLD $0
Bombay Presidency, Bombay Mint, 1801-1835, gold mohur, 1825-31, pm 5 (crown above two lozenges and star below three pellets (Pr.266; KM.244). Regnal year 46 clear, nearly extremely fine and rare.
Estimate $3,000
SOLD $0
Bombay Presidency, Mumbai Mint, silver rupee, in name of Shah Jahan II (A.H. 1131, A.D. 1718), RY 1, [AH 1131], (KM.160, Pr.32). Very fine and rare.
Estimate $150
SOLD $0
Bombay Presidency, Mumbai Mint, silver rupee, in name of Alamgir II (A.H. 1167-1173, A.D. 1754-1759), year 2, (KM.176, Pr.68/9). Nearly extremely fine, scarce.
Estimate $100
SOLD $0
Bombay Presidency, Surat mint in the name of Shah Alam II, (A.H.1173-1221, A.D.1759-1806), with crown and date 1825 (2, one illustrated), another half rupee, (KM. 217.1, 218.2, Pr.276, 277) and a posthumous issue fifth rupee of Malabar Coast, (Tellicherry), (KM.273). Very fine. (4)
Estimate $150
SOLD $220
Bombay Presidency, Indian Design, Bombay Mint 1825-1831, in the name of Shah Alam II (A.H.1173-1221, A.D. 1759-1806), issued 1800-1824, with privy mark of star below three small pellets, (Pridmore Privy mark No.6), silver rupee, with partial Regnal Year 4[6], (Pr.270, KM.218.1); another as above but dated 1825 with crown replacing one large pellet, clear Regnal year 46, (Pr.276, KM.218.2); another half rupee missing privy marks, (Pr.271, KM.259.1); Bengal Presidency, silver eighth rupee, 17/48 = (1806-7) (Pr.283, KM.33); Awadh, Lucknow mint, silver rupee A.H. 1231/26, (KM.103.2). Very fine. (5)
Estimate $100
SOLD $250
Bombay Presidency, one pice, 1773 (P.110, KM.188); double pice 1773 (P.107, KM.189); proof set two, four, six and eight reas all 1791 (P.119, 126, 130, 136, KM.192, 193, 195, 198) (all illustrated); two pice, (date off flan), (P.144-6, KM.200); one pice and half pice 1816 (P.169, 183, KM.197, 198); East India Company, copper half anna 1835, quarter annas, 1835 (2), 1/12 anna 1835, 1848, (KM.445, 446, 447). Fine - very fine, proofs nearly FDC - FDC. (14)
Estimate $450
SOLD $1,500
Bombay Presidency, 1833-1834, Bombay mint, struck with Calcutta dies, 1804 proof two pice and one pice (both illustrated), 1834 half anna (2), quarter annas 1830, 1833 (2), one pie 1833, obv. EIC arms with date below, rev. scales with Arabic date below, (Pr.195, 199, 205, 213, 218, 224, KM.205, 206, 231.1, 235, 253, 262). Mostly very fine - extremely fine, proofs FDC. (8)
Estimate $300
SOLD $1,150
Bengal Presidency, Benares Mint type, gold mohur, in name of Shah Alam II, (A.H.1173-1221, A.D.1759-1806), (10.86 grams), Year 17/29, AH 12[00], (Pr. -, KM. 31). Brilliant, good extremely fine and very rare.
Estimate $1,000
SOLD $1,000
Bengal Presidency, in the name of Shah Alam (1759-1806), stated mint name Murshidabad, 1769-1790 gold mohur, A.H. 1196, (1781-2), frozen RY 19, (12.25 grams), (Pr.32; KM.94), struck at Calcutta, the provisional mints of Murshidabad, Patna and Dacca having closed by 1st May 1777 (see Pridmore p 201). Good very fine and rare.
Estimate $2,500
SOLD $0
Bengal Presidency, in the name of Shah Alam (1759-1806), mint name Murshidabad, 1769-1790, gold eighth mohur, A.H. 1202 = A.D. 1787-8, with frozen RY 19, (1.54 grams), (Pr.51; KM.89). Attractive red toned extremely fine and very rare.
Estimate $1,200
SOLD $1,150
Bengal Presidency, Murshidabad Mint type, 1793 type, Milled issue, Perpetual 19 san sicca series of standard gold currency, in the name of Shah Alam II (A.H. 1173-1221, A.D. 1759-1806), gold mohur, regnal year 19 (fixed), and dated A.H. 1202 = A.D. 1784-5 and with oblique milling to right, (12.36 grams), (Pr.62, KM.103.1). Extremely fine, scarce.
Estimate $1,000
SOLD $1,150
Bengal Presidency, Murshidabad Mint type, 1793 type, Milled issue, Perpetual 19 san sicca series of standard gold currency, in the name of Shah Alam II (A.H. 1173-1221, A.D. 1759-1806), gold mohur, Regnal year 19 (fixed), and dated A.H. 1202 = A.D. 1784-5 and with oblique milling to right, (12.36 grams), (Pr.62, KM.103.1). Has been mounted, otherwise fine.
Estimate $400
SOLD $0
Bengal Presidency, gold half mohur (1793), edge grained right Calcutta Mint, named as Murshidabad Mint (6.18 grams), (P.63; KM.101). Extremely fine/good extremely fine.
Estimate $800
SOLD $1,200
Bengal Presidency, Calcutta Mint, mint name Murshidabad, 1793 issue gold quarter mohur, (3.09 grams), edge normal spaced graining to right (Pr.73, KM.100). Nearly extremely fine.
Estimate $600
SOLD $650
Bengal Presidency, Calcutta Mint, mint name Murshidabad, 1793 issue gold quarter mohur, edge wide spaced graining to right, (2.85 grams), (Pr.73, KM.100). Slightly bent, good very fine and a scarce variety.
Estimate $600
SOLD $0
Bengal Presidency, Murshidabad Mint, issue of 1819, Perpetual 19 san sicca series, Standard Gold Currency in 22 ct gold with new increased weight, in the name of Shah Alam II (A.H.1173-1221, A.D.1759-1806), gold mohur, (13.27 grams), Regnal year 19 (fixed), Calcutta mint with straight grained milling, (KM. 112, Pr.77 [noted 13.26 grams]). As struck, brilliant and uncirculated, very rare as such.
Estimate $2,000
SOLD $0
Bengal Presidency, gold mohur (1793), edge grained left (KM.113, Pr.83) issue of 1825 from Calcutta Mint, (12.35 grams), named as Murshidabad Mint. Extremely fine with mint bloom.
Estimate $2,200
SOLD $0