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MUGHAL: Akbar Adil Shah, 1753, AR rupee (11.35g), Allahabad, year 1, PCGS XF details

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MUGHAL: Akbar Adil Shah, 1753, AR rupee (11.35g), Allahabad, year 1, PCGS XF details
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MUGHAL: Akbar Adil Shah, 1753, AR rupee (11.35g), Allahabad, year 1, KM-763, Zeno-78896 (same dies), obverse couplet sikka zad dar jahan ba-fazl alah // shah-i-'alam panah akbar shah. (struck coin in the world by the grace of God // King Akbar Shah, refuge of the world), one shroff mark on reverse, a coin of the utmost rarity and worthy of a spot in any top-tier Mughal collection, PCGS graded XF details, RRR

The only other example listed on Coin Archives is the Paul Stevens piece that we offered in our Auction 24, Lot 1544 (January 2016).
https://www.sarc.auction/MUGHAL-Akbar-Adil-Shah-1753-AR-rupee-11-29g-Allahabad-year-one-ahad_i23808961

Akbar Adil Shah, the grandson of Kam Bakhsh, was placed on the throne by Safdar Jang in opposition to Ahmad Shah Bahadur in May 1753, but vanished from history in late November of the same year. This is only the fourth known example of this very rare Mughal Emperor, and all are dated year one from the mint of Allahabad. This is only the second example ever offered on the market. For more information see the article by Jan Lingen & Paul Stevens in JONS vol. 201 (2009), pp. 44-46, and the description of Zeno-78896. Only coins from the ruler Nikusiyar are rarer, with just 2 pieces known, as discussed on Zeno.