Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
1 Rupee - Shah Jahan Burhanpur mint
| Issuer | Mughal Empire |
|---|---|
| Year | 1631 |
| Type | Log in to see details |
| Value | Log in to see details |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Weight | 11.20 g |
| Diameter | Log in to see details |
| Thickness | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Technique | Log in to see details |
| Orientation | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | The obverse field is entirely occupied by bold Arabic calligraphic legends arranged in horizontal registers within a plain border. The central inscription reads the royal titulature of the emperor in Nasta'liq script, incorporating the epithets 'Badshah Ghazi', 'Muhammad Shah Jahan', and 'Sahib-e-Qiran' (Lord of the Auspicious Conjunction). The mint name 'Burhanpur' appears in the lower register, identifying the place of issue. The characteristic hammered flan gives the coin an irregular, slightly uneven surface with the bold raised lettering typical of Mughal silver coinage of the period. |
|---|---|
| Obverse script | Log in to see details |
| Obverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Reverse description | The reverse is densely inscribed in Arabic Nasta'liq calligraphy arranged in a central field and four corner compartments separated by decorative dividing lines. The central field bears the Kalima Tayiba (the Islamic declaration of faith: 'There is no god but God, and Muhammad is the Messenger of God'). The four corner segments contain the names of the first four Rightly Guided Caliphs of Islam — Abu Bakr, Umar, Uthman, and Ali — a devotional formula standard on Mughal rupees of this era. The surrounding field is filled with scrolling floral and foliate ornamental devices typical of the decorative vocabulary of Mughal die-engravers. |
| Reverse script | Arabic |
| Reverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Edge | Log in to see details |
| Mint | Log in to see details |
| Mintage | Log in to see details |
| Additional information | Log in to see details |