Awadh AH 1263(1) ashrafi Fr-1023

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from Steve Album sale 45, lot 924

This specimen was lot 924 in Stephen Album sale 45 (Santa Rosa, CA, January 2023), where it sold for $1,080. The catalog description[1] noted, "AWADH: Wajid Ali Shah, 1847-1856, AV mohur, Lakhnau, AH1263 year 1, removed from jewelry, PCGS graded About Unc details." This product of the Lucknow mint is listed for AH 1263 thru AH 1278. Friedberg lists this coin as a mohur, the gold version of the rupee.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: gold, 21.5 mm diameter, 10.7-11.4 g, this specimen 10.70 g.

Catalog reference: Fr-1023, KM-378.2.

Source:

  • 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 45, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2022.

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