Bengal AH 1202(19) mohur Fr-1537

from Stack's Bowers 2016 ANA sale, lot 21037

This specimen was lot 21037 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Anaheim, CA, August 2016), where it sold for $1,292.50. The catalog description^[1] noted, "INDIA. Bengal Presidency. Mohur, AH 1202//19 (1788). NGC MS-62. Oblique edge milling. Issued for the East India Company. An easy coin to become enamored with, bright fresh lustrous surfaces and sharp legends. A very appealing example of the type that has never seen circulation." These were struck by the British East India Company at the Bengal Presidency (Calcutta) in the name of the Mughal emperor. Similar gold mohurs were also struck in Murshidabad (KM 103.2).

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 12.36 g, 0.996 fine gold.

Catalog reference: Fr-1537; KM-103.1.

Source:

• ^[1]Ponterio, Richard, The August 2016 Anaheim ANA Auction: Ancient Coins, World Coins & Paper Money, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2016.
• 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.

Link to:

• Bengal AH 1184(11) mohur Fr-1526
• AH 1195(22) 1/8 anna
• AH 1195(22) quarter anna
• AH 1195(22) half anna
• AH 1195(23) mohur, Allahabad mint
• AH 1200(19) half mohur, Murshidabad (Calcutta) mint
• AH 1200(19) mohur
• AH 1202(19) rupee, narrow border
• AH 1202(19) rupee, wide border
• AH 1202(19) quarter mohur
• AH 1202(19) half mohur
• Bengal AH 1204(19) 1/4 rupee
• Bengal AH 1204(19) 1/2 rupee KM-97.3
• Bengal AH 1204(19) rupee KM-109
• AH 1204(19) quarter mohur
• Bengal AH 1204(32) mohur
• Coins and currency dated 1787
• return to India, Bengal Presidency