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E.I.C. Bombay Presidency
East India Company, Bombay Presidency, Early coinages: Mughal style, silver Fifth-Rupees for the Malabar Coast in the name of Shah Jahan II (1131h/May-August 1719) but struck under the auspices of Muhammad Shah (1131-61h/1719-48), Mumbai, type 1b (3), yr 11 [1729-30], sikka mubarak badshah shah jahan 5 [The auspicious coin of the victorious emperor Shah Jahan 1/5th], rev. zarb munbai sanah 11 julus maimanat manus [Struck at Bombay in the 11th year of tranquil prosperity], 2.27g/8h (Prid. – [not in Sale]; Stevens 7.22; KM. 271); similar, yr 25 [1743], 2.29g/3h (Prid. – [not in Sale]; Stevens 7.26, this coin cited; KM. 271); similar, yr 30 [1747-8], 2.32g/12h (Prid. –; Stevens 7.27; KM. 271 [date not listed]) [3]. Very fine and better, all well-struck £120-£150
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Provenance: K. Wiggins Collection, Baldwin Auction 25 (London), 8 May 2001, lot 682 (part), last described as year 3.
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East India Company, Bombay Presidency, Early coinages: Mughal style, silver Fifth-Rupees for the Malabar Coast in the name of Shah Jahan II (1131h/May-August 1719) but struck under the auspices of Muhammad Shah (1131-61h/1719-48), Mumbai, type 1b (3), yr 11 [1729-30], sikka mubarak badshah shah jahan 5 [The auspicious coin of the victorious emperor Shah Jahan 1/5th], rev. zarb munbai sanah 11 julus maimanat manus [Struck at Bombay in the 11th year of tranquil prosperity], 2.27g/8h (Prid. – [not in Sale]; Stevens 7.22; KM. 271); similar, yr 25 [1743], 2.29g/3h (Prid. – [not in Sale]; Stevens 7.26, this coin cited; KM. 271); similar, yr 30 [1747-8], 2.32g/12h (Prid. –; Stevens 7.27; KM. 271 [date not listed]) [3]. Very fine and better, all well-struck £120-£150
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Provenance: K. Wiggins Collection, Baldwin Auction 25 (London), 8 May 2001, lot 682 (part), last described as year 3.
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