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Awadh State, Sa’adat Ali Khan II Najibabad Mint Silver Rupee.

Currency:INR Category:Coins & Paper Money Start Price:8,000.00 INR Estimated At:8,000.00 - 10,000.00 INR
Awadh State, Sa’adat Ali Khan II Najibabad Mint Silver Rupee.
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Awadh State, Saadat Ali Khan II (AH 1212-1229/1798-1814 AD), Najibabad Mint (Off flan), Silver Rupee, AH XXX6/43 RY, Saya-e-fazle elah couplet, In the name of Shah Alam II, Obv: Persian legend Sikka zad bar haft kishwar sayaye fazle elah, hami-e-dine Muhammad, Shah Alam Badshah, Rev: Persian legend sana 43 julus, maimant manus,zarb Najibabad at the top and few mint mark,Persian letter Ha in the loop of the letter sin of Julus, and a word beginning Alif Lam He (Allah?)to the left of the regnal year, as well as the usual Persian letter mim and fish symbol, 11.13g, 21.06mm, (MK # 6.75), about extremely fine, Very Rare.

Note: Silver rupees of regnal year 43 are found with interesting arrangements of a probable word Allah to the left of the regnal year with the Persian letter Ha in the sin of Julus.

Najibabad was a Rohilla mint until 1774 when the Nawab Wazir of Awadh took the town. The town passed to the British in 1801 AD (AH 1216-1217) and the mint may have continued operations until 1805 AD.
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