Bengal AH 1184(11) mohur Fr-1526
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This specimen was lot 23045 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2020), where it sold for $576. The catalog description[1] noted, "INDIA. Bengal Presidency. Mohur, AH 1184 Year 11 (1770). Murshidabad Mint. East India Company. CHOICE VERY FINE. A rather charming example of this shipwreck piece, exhibiting the effects of sea-salvaging off the coast of Mauritius." These were struck AH 1183 and AH 1184 by the British East India Company at the Bengal Presidency (Murshidabad) in the name of the Mughal emperor. Similar gold mohurs were also struck in Calcutta.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 12.36 g, gold, 21-22 mm diameter; this specimen 22.5 mm; 12.00 g.
Catalog reference: Fr-1526; KM-94.2.
- 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.
- Stevens, Paul, The Coins of the English East India Company, Presidency Series: A Catalogue and Pricelist. London, Spink & Son Ltd, 2017.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Richard Ponterio and Kyle Ponterio, The January 2020 NYINC Sale: Ancient Coins, World Coins & Paper Money, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2019.
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