132 Pliilological Sooretarj — Reports on old coins. [Nov. 



III. Persian coin : 



Nddir Shah, 1148—1160 A. H. = 1736—1747 A. D. 



As in Nuniisra. Chron., vol. II, p. 322. Mint: 



Slialijalianabad, date 1152 1 



TV. Sikli Rupee : 



Banjit Singh, 1799—1839 A. D. 



As in Journal A. S. B., vol. L, p. 85. Mint : Amritsar, 



date 1869 Samvat 1 



Grand total of all coins ... 213 



II. Report on 142 old sicca coins forwarded by tlie Deputy Col- 

 lector of Cliittagong, with his No. . , G, dated 27tli January, 1891. 



The Offg. Collector of Chittagong in his report on these coins to 

 the Commissioner of the Chittagong division states they were found 

 somewhere in the village of ' Joogkhalla,' in Thannah ' Fattickaurry.' 

 The date of the finding could not be ascertained. 



All the coins are rupees of English mintage, such as were coined 

 between 1793 and 1818, under the Regulations of 1793, in Calcutta and 

 the subordinate mints of the Bengal Presidency. They are known as 

 " I9th san " Rupees, nominally from the Murshidabad, but really from 

 the Calcutta mint, recognisable by their oblique milling. 



III. Report on 15 old silver coins, forwarded by the Deputy 

 Commissioner of Rawalpindi, with his No. 913G, dated 1st June 1891. 



The coins are stated by the Deputy Commissioner to have been 

 found in the Fateh Jang Tahsil ; no further particulars are given. 



They comprise 6 Mughal, 9 Durrani and one Sikh rupees, and are 

 classified as follows : 



I, Mughal Rupees : — 



1, Farrokh siyar, ordinary type, ..,.. ,,.,.... 1 



2, Muhammad Shah, Sahib Qirdn ijpet 4 



Total Mughal ... 6 



II, Durrani Rupees :— 



1, TAiMdR ShjCh, 1187—1207 A. H. = 1773—1793 A. D. 



a, ordinary type of Mughal rupee, mint AtaJc 1 



b, Kabuli type ; mint Kabul and Hirdt (Num. Chr. 



VIII, 3) 2 



2, Zam^n Shah, 1207—1216 A. H. = 1793—1801. 



a, Kabuli type, one variety, as in Nam. Chron. YIII, 



No. 59, mint Peshawar 1 



h, Kabuli type, another variety, as in Num. Chron. 



VIII, No. 70, mint Peshawar, date 1211 2 



