Bengal AH 1202(19) 1/2 mohur Fr-1538

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Steve Album sale 51, lot 723
Bengal in 1942, from Hammond's atlas

This specimen was lot 723 in Steve Album Auction 51 (Santa Rosa, CA, January 2025), where it sold for $2,040. The catalog description[1] noted, "BENGAL PRESIDENCY: AV 1/2 mohur, Murshidabad, AH1202 year 19, East India Company issue in the name of Shah Alam II struck in Calcutta in 1793-1818 with frozen regnal year and mint, with oblique edge milling, a wonderful lustrous mint state example! PCGS graded MS64." This type has the date frozen at year 1202/19 and struck for many years thereafter. While the Mughal Empire lasted, the British in Bengal were careful to strike coinage in the emperor's name. The inscriptions are in Arabic. The date should read "۱۹".

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 6.18 g, 0.996 fine gold.

Catalog reference: KM-101, Stv-4.5, Prid-63, Fr-1538.

Sources:

  • 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]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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