Jahangir, Silver Rupee, 11.43g “Nominative” type, Agra Mint, AH 1021/ RY 7, Ilahi Month Bahman, with decorative borders. Extremely fine+, exceedingly rare. Jahangir showed an intimate affinity towards his coinage, experimenting with great interest with typology, design, weight standards and other visual and circulatory innovations. Soon after his ascent to the throne, he revised the weights of his coins upwards, first by 20% and then by 25%. A series of extremely attractive coins followed from principal mints in the Empire, like Agra and Lahore. For silver rupees, the shape alternated between round and square for each month. However, in his 6th regnal year, on the date 11 Ardibihisht AH1020, the heavier standards were abolished. The most immediate issues after the abolishment were square (the shape current for the month of Ardibihisht) but without the mention of the month. Successive issues, for the next month Khurdad, were round and did refer to the month's name in the legends. The practice of alternating shapes between round and square was then resumed. This coin, of round shape was struck in the month of Bahman of the next regnal year. The design and layout of the type is unusual, with the mint name appearing on the top, and the word ‘Ilahi’ is inscribed with a short ‘i’, instead of the usual long-stroked / ‘lazy’ letter.