Afghanistan AH 1218/1 mohur KM-255

Steve Album sale 51, lot 482

This specimen was lot 482 in Steve Album Auction 51 (Santa Rosa, CA, January 2025), where it sold for $2,640. The catalog description^[1] noted, "DURRANI: Shah Shuja', 2nd reign at Kabul, 1803-1809, AV mohur, Bahawalpur, AH1218 year one (ahad), wonderful well-centered strike, without any weakness and glorious! NGC graded MS63." While Shah Shuja had gold mohurs struck at a number of mints in his domain, this style was struck only at Bahawalpur and only in year one.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 11.0-11.1 g, gold.

Catalog reference: A-3120, KM-255.

Sources:

• Album, Stephen, Checklist of Islamic Coins, 3rd Ed. Santa Rosa, Stephen Album Rare Coins, 2011.
• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• ^[1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 51, featuring the Howard Daniel III Collection of Asian Coins, the Almer H. Orr III Collection of World Coins and the Joe Sedillot Collection of German Coins, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2024.

Links:

• AH 1217/1 2 mohurs, Bahawalpur mint
• AH 1218/1 2 rupees, Bahawalpur mint
• AH 1218 mohur, Herat mint
• Coins and currency dated 1803