Saturday, October 20, 2007



Hyderabad State Two Different Mint Marks Rupee of Aurangabad mint

Extremely Rare Hyderabad Feudatory Kalyani Small Flan Rupee without "he" letter
date 1212AH

This is Hyderabad Nizam Ali Khan (II) Rupees(6 Nos), but can't find in KM, date are in all coins is 117x/2RY & 11xx/x, xxxx/2, xxxx/13, xxxx/3 & xxxx/x
cant understand mint from coins, seem like khujista bunyad to me, may i could be wrong
Recently I bought Hyderabad Copper Paise weight around 19 grams, cant find in KM, also mint marks is new to me.
Sikandar Jah, may be double dam or paise.

Replied by Shri Prashant Kulkarni
Dear Rohit,Your coin has no ruler's name or mint. But the mark of a double bladed sword definately confirms to Hyderabad style. Such coins are found in Aurangabad region. Long ago I came across a few such ones bearing the mint name Basmat nagar. So your dub is a rare coin.BestPrashant