Awadh AH 1243(1) mohur Fr-1011
This specimen was lot 666 in Steve Album Auction 51 (Santa Rosa, CA, January 2025), where it sold for $9,000. The catalog description[1] noted, "AWADH: Nasir-ud-Din Haidar, 1827-1837, AV mohur (ashrafi), Lucknow, AH1243 year 1, a wonderful lustrous mint state example! PCGS graded MS64." This product of the Lucknow mint is listed for AH 1243-1244 only. Friedberg lists this coin as a mohur, the gold version of the rupee. In 1818, Ghazi ud-Din Haidar promoted himself from nawab to king with British connivance, setting aside the nominal suzerainty of the Mogul emperor. Nasir-ud-Din Haidar was king 1827-37. His death caused in a succession dispute which resulted in British intervention and overlordship. Resentment of this and other acts led to the Indian Mutiny of 1857, which was centered at Awadh's capital Lucknow.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 10.7-11.4 g, gold, this specimen 10.67 g.
Catalog reference: KM-190, Fr-1011.
- 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, 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.
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