| Spink > Auction 23127 | Auction date: 28 November 2023 |
| Lot number: 9580 Price realized: 580 GBP (Approx. 731 USD / 669 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: India, East India Company, Bengal Presidency, Mohur, in the name of Shah Alam II (1769-1790), AH1198, frozen regnal year 19, Murshidabad (Calcutta), 7h, 12.14g (Pr. 23; KM 94.1), mounted with suspension loop, cleaned and lightly rubbed, fine. Estimate: £350 - £450 |
Match 1:
| Spink > Auction 23127 | Auction date: 28 November 2023 |
| Lot number: 9585 Price realized: 60 GBP (Approx. 76 USD / 69 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: (x) India, East India Company, Bengal Presidency, Pice, in the name of 'Shah 'Alam II (1759-1806), ry.37 (1796), plain edge, 8.47g, 12h (Prid. 204), lightly verdigris to dark fields, about very fine; Half-Rupee, in the name of 'Shah Alam II' (1759-1806), ry. 19 [1793-1818], naming Murshidabad, milled edge, 11h, 5.79g (Prid. 158; KM. 97.1), cleaned, very fine; Bombay Presidency, Rupee, in the name of Shah 'Alam II (1759-1806), Bombay (naming Surat), AH1215/ry. 46, edge plain, 6h, 11.54g (Prid. 286; KM. 224), cleaned, very fine; Malaya, Sumatra, East India Company, 4-Keping, 1804, (AH1219), 11h, 8.69g (KM 267), some verdigris in the recesses, evidence of light brown surfaces beneath generally darker fields, very fine (4). Estimate: £80 - £100 |  |
Match 2:
| Spink > Auction 23127 | Auction date: 28 November 2023 |
| Lot number: 9581 Price realized: 380 GBP (Approx. 479 USD / 438 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: India, East India Company, Bengal Presidency, Rupee, in the name of Shal Alam II Badshah, Muhammadabad Banaras (Lucknow), AH 1229/17-49 (1813) (15), (Prid. 286; KM 41), all with dates clearly visible and with pleasing mint lustre, uncirculated (15). Estimate: £300 - £450 |  |
Match 3:
| Spink > Auction 23127 | Auction date: 28 November 2023 |
| Lot number: 9582 Price realized: 320 GBP (Approx. 403 USD / 369 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: India, East India Company, Bengal Presidency, Rupee, in the name of Shal Alam II Badshah, Muhammadabad Banaras (Lucknow), AH 1229/17-49 (1813) (15), (Prid. 286; KM 41), all with dates clearly visible and with pleasing mint lustre, uncirculated (15). Estimate: £300 - £450 |  |
Match 4:
| Spink > Auction 23127 | Auction date: 28 November 2023 |
| Lot number: 9583 Price realized: 210 GBP (Approx. 265 USD / 242 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: India, East India Company, Bengal Presidency, Rupee, in the name of Shal Alam II Badshah, Muhammadabad Banaras (Lucknow), AH 1229/17-49 (1813) (15), (Prid. 286; KM 41), all with dates clearly visible and with pleasing mint lustre, extremely fine to uncirculated (15). Estimate: £300 - £450 |  |
Match 5:
| Oswal Auctions > Auction 101 | Auction date: 23 December 2023 |
| Lot number: 114 Price realized: Unsold | |
| Lot description: Independent Kingdoms : Nawabs of Bengal Itimad ud-Daula Mir Qasim, Silver Rupee, 11.46g, Munger (Monghyr / Mongeer) Mint, in the name of Shah Alam II, AH 1176/ RY 4, Sun mark on obverse, resembling closely to the Nawab's issues from Murshidabad mint and subsequently copied on the coins of East India Company. Complete AH year, Mint name on bottom of reverse. Extremely fine, exceedingly rare. In 1761 the Nawab of Bengal, Mir Qasim, moved his capital from Murshidabad to Monghyr. Monghyr was noted for its fine situation and pure air and gained a reputation as a health resort. He built a palace, reorganised his army along European lines and ran the Government of Bengal from there in a way that appears to have been approved of by his subjects. However, he soon fell out with the British at Calcutta who resented the fact that the Nawab took steps to try to stop the practice of paying taxes and tribute to the company. A British army was sent to Monghyr and it captured the fort in October 17631. After his move to Monghyr, the Nawab started a mint there. Extremely rare mohurs and rupees exist dated 1176 RY 4 with the mint name Monghyr are known. The Hijri year 1176 ended on the 11th of July 1763, before the British captured the place. These coins would, therefore, have been issued by the Nawab from his mint at Monghyr. Estimate: 350000-400000 INR |  |
