Watch List notes:

Nur Jahan, in the name of Emperor Jahangir. 1605-1628. AR rupee (18 mm, 11.38 g). Patna, RY 22, AH 1037 (1627). KM 168.5. A choice specimen with no test marks. Very fine. 

By the end of his reign, Jahangir had lost himself in drink and opium, and allowed his queen Nur Jahan to run the administration of the vast Mughal Empire. This coin is tangible proof of Nur Jahan's power, as she places her own name on it, although nominally the issuer is Jahangir. The Persian legend reads: 'By authority of Shah Jahangir, gold gained a hundred beauties by the name of Nur Jahan Badshah Begum'. When Jahangir's son Shah Jahan came to the throne, he made it a capital crime to use these coins and ordered them to be melted. This is why these coins are rarely found now.