This silver princely states rupee was only listed as ORCHHA state, silver 1 rupee. Does anyone know the date on this or how to read the date? Possible value? I paid $12.00.
These coins have two dates: a four-digit hijri (Islamic) date on the obverse and a two-digit regnal year on the reverse, indicated by red circles on the photo below. Neither date is fully legible. On the obverse, only a hint of ("2") or ("3") is discernible. On the reverse, the first digit of the regnal year is clearly ("3"). The second digit may or may not be ("7").
Looks to me like a Shah Alam II rupee, C #32 in the Std Cat. So if the regnal year begins with a 3, then you have the choice of AH1232//30 (1816) or AH1251-58//31-39 (1835-42).
If it is a mughal coin, its not what it was listed as at all. That will teach me to bid without researching
Not a Mughal coin per se, but a 'princely states' issue of the rulers of Orchha with a nod to the nominal Mughal emperor who, by that point, exercised very little real authority.
