Awadh AH 1244(2) mohur Fr-1011
This specimen was lot 31043 in Heritage sale 3049 (Long Beach, September 2016), where it sold for $1,527.50. The catalog description[1] noted, "Awadh. Nasir al-Din Haidar gold Ashrafi AH 1244 Year 2 (1828) MS64 PCGS, Lucknow mint. Lightly toned with superb surfaces, lustrous and free of distracting marks. A trace of striking weakness may be found in the reverse arms, but has little effect on the overall eye-appeal." 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: gold, 10.7-11.4 g.
Catalog reference: KM 190, Fr-1011.
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- [1]Cristiano Bierrenbach, Warren Tucker and David Michaels, Heritage World Coin Auction 3049, featuring the Ohio Valley Collection, the Redwood Collection and the F.P. Briand Collection, Dallas, TX: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2016.
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