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C. J. Rodgers — Mogul Copper Coins. 
In all tliis long list of Mogul Coins there is not one that has been 
drawn before that I am aware of. Coins (1), (2), and (4) are four tanke 
pieces of Akbar from the Ahmadabad mint. (3) is a two tanke piece of 
Salim Shah and (4) a four tanke piece of the same prince. (6) is a 
half tanka of Akbar, and (7) is a full tanka. Going by weights, (8) is 
a quarter tanka, and (9) the 8th part of a tanka, (10) is another two 
tanke piece of Akbar’s. What (11), (12) and (13) were intended for I 
do not know. They look like novelties introduced by Jahangir in the 
beginning of his reign. We know that he upset the value of mohurs 
and rupees by increasing to Akbar’s system. 
The coins on Plate XIII. show other vagaries of Jahangir. (14) and 
(15) are struck on old Surl dams. (14) shows this a little, but (15) plainly. 
(17) is a Qandahar coin and (18) is a Kabul one. Both have irregular 
weights. (19) is a Rawan (20) is a Raij and (21) is a half raij, from the 
Ajmlr, Agra and Dehll mints respectively. (14)-(21) are all from my 
collection now in the Lahore Museum. (22) is a lovely fulus of Shall- 
jahan of the Bairat mint. It is of the weight of a dam. (23) is also a 
fulus of Shahjahan, but its irregular weight shows that changes had 
commenced in the copper coinage. Both these coins were in the cabinet 
of General Sir Alexander Cunningham when I drew them. (24) and 
(25) are a Multan and a Lahdr fulus of Aurangzeb of various weights 
(25) being half of (24). 
On Plate XIV. (26) and (27) are dams of Shahjahan from the Ah¬ 
madabad mint. (28) and (30) are evidently half dams. All are styled 
fulus on the coins themselves. (31) is a strange coin of Akbar II. with 
the name of the Ahmadabad mint on it. I obtained one like this in the 
Kangra Valley in 1886. (32) is a dam of Jahangir’s from the Surat 
mint: (33) and (34) are dams from the same mint in the time of 
Shah Jahan. (35) is evidently a fulus of Rafl‘u-d-darajat’s and (36) 
one of Muhammad Shah’s from the same mint. Prom all this it is 
evident that Mogul copper coins were not scarce either at Surat or 
Ahmadabad. (37) is a dam of Jahangir’s from the Udaipur mint, (38) 
is a copper coin of Shahjahan from the Ujain mint conforming to the 
Malwa currency in shape and weight. 
On Plate XV. all the coins are of Aurangzeb except the last, (52) 
(39) and (40) are from the Shahjahanabad mint and exhibit dates, 
(41)-(44) are from the mint at Multan, (45) and (46) are from 
Narnol. I have a lot of these and all are without dates except two I 
was fortunate enough to find while this paper was in progress. I give 
them on Plate VIII. — (93) and (94). They are both dated. (47) and 
(48) puzzle me. They are evidently Aurangzeb’s coins, but I cannot 
read the mint; (49) is a Surat coin, (50) one from Ilaidarabad, as is also 
