Bengal AH 1209(37) mohur
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This specimen was lot 1273 in Stephen Album sale 37 (Santa Rosa, CA, June 2020), where it sold for $1,904. The catalog description[1] noted, "BENGAL PRESIDENCY: AV mohur, Muhammadabad Benares, AH1209 year 37, daroga mark D, lovely bold strike, NGC graded MS64, ex Pattabhi Raman Collection." This type was struck AH 1199-1213. These were struck by the British East India Company at the Bengal Presidency (Benares) in the name of the Mughal emperor. Similar gold mohurs were also struck in Madras and Bombay. All dates are expensive.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: gold.
Catalog reference: Fr-1534, Stv-7.22, KM-31, Prid-217.
- 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.
- [1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 37, featuring the Gamal Amer Collection of Egyptian Coins and the Ahmed Sultan Collection of Ottoman Coins, Part II, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2020.
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