Afghanistan (1754) mohur
This specimen was lot 720 in Stephen Album sale 39 (Santa Rosa, CA, January 2021), where it sold for $960. The catalog description[1] noted, "DURRANI: Ahmad Shah, 1747-1772, AV mohur, Mashhad, year 8, struck during the nominal reign of the Afsharid Shahrukh, but in the name of his protector, Ahmad Shah Durrani; superb strike on broad flan, VF." Wikipedia comments, "The Durrani Empire (Pashto: د درانيانو ټولواکمني), also called the Sadozai Kingdom and the Afghan Empire, was founded and built by Ahmad Shah Abdali in parts of Central Asia, Middle East and South Asia. At its maximum extent, the empire ruled over the modern-day countries of Afghanistan and Pakistan, as well as parts of northeastern and southeastern Iran, eastern Turkmenistan, and northwestern India." This type was struck at many mints but Mashhad is not listed in the SCWC.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: gold, this specimen 11.00 g.
Catalog reference: A-3090.
- Album, Stephen, Checklist of Islamic Coins, 3rd Ed. Santa Rosa, Stephen Album Rare Coins, 2011.
- Friedberg, Arthur L. and Ira S. Friedberg, Gold Coins of the World, From Ancient Times to the Present, 9th ed., Clifton, NJ: Coin and Currency Institute, 2017.
- Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
- [1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 39, featuring the John Sylvester, Jr., Collection of Annamese Medals and Orders, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2020.
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