Counterfeiter’s Dies

CNG 103, Lot: 1027. Estimate $500. Sold for $650. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

INDIA, Mughal Empire. temp. Muhyi al-Din Muhammad Aurangzeb Alamgir. AH 1068-1118 / AD 1658-1707. Pair of Æ counterfeiter’s dies for an AR Rupee. Average dimensions: overall length, 13mm; diameter, 28 mm at face, tapering to approximately 25mm at base. Of cylindrical form. Weight: obverse is 59.12 grams; reverse is 63.05 grams. Bronze cast impressions of obverse and reverse of a Surat mint rupee of Aurangzeb, dually dated AH 1118 and RY 51. Edges of dies are engrailed right. Cf. Wright 1626; cf. Hull 1794-8; cf. KM 300.86 (all refs for for official coin). As made, red-brown and green surfaces, cloth impressions and traces of burlap cloth on reverse. An interesting pair of dies dated to the last year of Aurangzeb’s reign.