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Bengal Presidency "Murshidabad" Rupee AH 1202 Year 19 (1805/6) [Frozen Date, Struck c. 1790] AU58 NGC, Calcutta mint (though bearing the Murshidabad mint name), KM106, Stevens-4.9, Prid-153. Oblique milled edge with broad dentilated border, struck in the name of the Mughal Shah Alam II. A rarer variety of this popular and complex "frozen" coinage, this rather handsome example presents a luminous, slightly yellow-golden glow to its slate grey surfaces and a confined, but noticeable, spot of weakness in the center. While it would be easy to mistake this coin for the more common KM98.1--mostly due to the off-centered nature of the strike making the broad dentilated border less detectable--both the presence of this border type, as well as a tiny, defined pellet to the left of the julus couplet on the obverse rather than the diamond of KM98.1. Pridmore attributed this type with its wide rims to trials that took place in 1790. Stevens, however, favors the year 1792 when a trial of laminating and cutting machinery took place at the Calcutta mint. It is reported that only 1,000 pieces were struck, then replaced by the narrow boarder type. A highly desirable issue with a considerable sharpness to the calligraphy.
HID02901242017
Estimate: 400-600 USD
Bengal Presidency "Murshidabad" Rupee AH 1202 Year 19 (1805/6) [Frozen Date, Struck c. 1790] AU58 NGC, Calcutta mint (though bearing the Murshidabad mint name), KM106, Stevens-4.9, Prid-153. Oblique milled edge with broad dentilated border, struck in the name of the Mughal Shah Alam II. A rarer variety of this popular and complex "frozen" coinage, this rather handsome example presents a luminous, slightly yellow-golden glow to its slate grey surfaces and a confined, but noticeable, spot of weakness in the center. While it would be easy to mistake this coin for the more common KM98.1--mostly due to the off-centered nature of the strike making the broad dentilated border less detectable--both the presence of this border type, as well as a tiny, defined pellet to the left of the julus couplet on the obverse rather than the diamond of KM98.1. Pridmore attributed this type with its wide rims to trials that took place in 1790. Stevens, however, favors the year 1792 when a trial of laminating and cutting machinery took place at the Calcutta mint. It is reported that only 1,000 pieces were struck, then replaced by the narrow boarder type. A highly desirable issue with a considerable sharpness to the calligraphy.
HID02901242017
Estimate: 400-600 USD