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 Surat mint
| Issuer | Mughal Empire |
|---|---|
| Year | 1628-1637 |
| 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 | Log in to see details |
| 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) | KM#222.13 |
| Obverse description | Log in to see details |
|---|---|
| Obverse script | Log in to see details |
| Obverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Reverse description | Log in to see details |
| Reverse script | Log in to see details |
| Reverse lettering | ضرب سورت |
| Edge | Plain |
| Mint | Log in to see details |
| Mintage | Log in to see details |
| Additional information |
Shah Jahan's accession in 1628 followed a bitter succession struggle against his own father Jahangir, and the early rupees of his reign reflect the administrative consolidation that followed — Surat being among the most commercially critical mints in the empire, feeding silver from Gujarat's textile trade with the Portuguese and later the English East India Company directly into the coinage supply. The Surat mint's output was enormous by Mughal standards, and pieces struck there circulated as far as Persia and coastal East Africa.
KM#222.13 distinguishes the Surat attribution within the broader Shah Jahan rupee series by mint mark placement and calligraphic style — details that require a loupe to confirm definitively.