| Stack's Bowers Galleries (& Ponterio) > April 2024 Hong Kong Auction | Auction date: 15 April 2024 |
| Lot number: 43230 Price realized: 750 USD (Approx. 706 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | Show similar lots on CoinArchives Find similar lots in upcoming auctions on  |
| Lot description: INDIA. Mughal Empire. Rupee, AH 1034 Year 19 (1624). Agra Mint. In the name of Nur Jahan and Jahangir. PCGS Genuine--Test Cut, AU Details. KM-168.1. A SCARCE issue featuring the names of both Jahangir and his twentieth wife and consort, Queen Nur Jahan. Nur Jahan is the only Mughal Queen to have coinage issued in her name, and one of the few queens to do so in the entire course of Islamic history. At the tail end of Jahangir's reign, he granted Nur Jahan an increased mandate to help run the empire, with the issuance of coinage under this purview. Rupees and Half-Rupees were produced at several mints over the course of a few years. Following the death of her husband, Nur Jahan's position became more precarious, as she attempted to retain a privileged position by having her stepson Shahryar Mirza crowned. Another stepson, the future Shah Jahan, was not sympathetic to this effort and had his brother killed, seizing the crown he claimed was rightfully his. After firmly establishing control of the Empire, Shah Jahan declared it a capital offense to trade with coinage from Nur Jahan, and ordered all such coins recalled and destroyed. As such, very few examples remain today, a testament to a unique and unreplicated time in the history of the Mughal Empire. On the present example, despite the noted test punches, the legend and dates remain boldly legible, with only mild wear evident throughout. PCGS Genuine--Test Cut, AU Details. Estimate: $800 - $1200 |  |
