I am going to be buying these mughal coins from the time of akbar. Something about this coin doesnt seem right. the circles on the corners, the glossyness of the tarnish. It seems more like one of those tokens made of this coin in the 1914. but the writing doesnt match. Any idea what this might be?
Welcome @Muhammad Niazi. However, I can't help with thee as I do not collect them and have no knowledge of them.
never seen any with it. But never ever seen any with the circles in the corners. This looks to me like a token from the 1900s for religious temples.
welcome @Muhammad Niazi i'm going to be of no use to you, but we have a few members who will know what this is (or isn't).
This is certainly not a genuine Akbar Rupee. It indeed looks like one of many 19-20th century imitation tokens in this style.
Welcome to coin talk! You will find most people here are interested in learning more about all ancient and medieval coins even if they don't currently collect that series. Please show us some of your other coins and tell us about them. John
well I dont have many Mughal coins, but I can show one which I replaced this coin with. These ones are authentic silver coins from the rule of Abu'l-Fath Jalal ud-din Muhammad Akbar, who was the third and the greatest mughal emperor. His coins were the most unique coins of all ages. With coins in the shape of squares and even rhombus diamonds highlighting numismatic calligraphy at its best. This particular coin is a silver one rupee from the urdu zafar quarin mint which means "camp associated with victory", 1585-1606. The obverse side with the hole has the Islamic 'Kalima" written on it, which translates to: "There is no God Besides Allah, Hazrat Muhammad ( SAW) is messenger of Allah." The Reverse side has: Akbars name on it.
Welcome @Muhammad Niazi that is a fantastic coin, I have never seen one like it. Thanks for the translation. I certainly hope you post more of your collection in here. We really don't get a lot of these and I would love to see more.
Welcome Muhammad Niazi, I am a collector of Islamic coinage, but like most Americans I am basically illiterate in Arabic. I have been using Richard Plants book and am making some progress. I am looking forward to someone that can help. I have been in love with the beauty and flow of the script as an art form. I have made strides in how to read letters but, as I'm said am no way prolific. From time to time I could use some help.
Beautiful Ilahi Dam. You can see the ilahi year written on the reverse ٣١ "31" Akbar had proposed a new religion called "din-i-Ilahi" in which he combined the best elements of islam, hinduism and a few other religions. He made a new calender for this religion aswell and renamed the 12 months. Your coin is from the 7th month of مہر "Mihr" which you can see written on the bottom of the obverse. And I am pretty sure that this is allahabad mint. as there is allahabad written on the obverse as الھاباس "allhabas" which is allahabad. The "س" has gone behind the word to accomodate for space.
I dont know arabic myself, but since I know Urdu, I know how to read and pronounce arabic. And some words of arabic are the same in Urdu so its easier.
The end of my collection actually lies at the beginning of the Mughal period. But that's just because i had to set a limit somewhere. There's much beauty in Mughal coinage, though it does take some study. Here a bit earlier coin which i like for its combination of elegance and some roughness. Ghorid Ruler Mu'izz al-din Muhammad bin Sam, AR Dirham, Album-1771/G&G D4.
