Mughal Empire AH1126/3 mohur Fr-824

from Steve Album sale 27, lot 2032

This specimen was lot 2032 in Stephen Album sale 27 (Santa Rosa, CA, January 2017), where it sold for $763.75. The catalog description^[1] noted, "MUGHAL: Farrukhsiyar, 1713-1719, AV mohur, Khujista Bunyad, year 3. Two testmarks, EF." The Mughal Empire stretched over most of India in the early eighteenth century and numerous mints struck gold mohurs for the emperor. The Mughal Empire dominated India during the seventeenth century but broke up in the eighteenth century under external attack, Hindu rebellion and civil war. This collapse allowed European colonizers entry into the subcontinent and eventual British control. The SCWC lists forty mints for this ruler, with the Khujista Bunyad mint noted for years one thru seven.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 10.8-11.0 g, gold, this specimen 10.92 g.

Catalog reference: KM-390.19, Fr-824.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 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.
• ^[1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 27, featuring the Dr. Paul Stevens Collection of Indian Coins, Part VI, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2016.

Link to:

• AH 1124/1 rupee, Gwalior mint
• AH 1124/1 mohur, Akbarabad mint
• AH 1125/1 mohur, Burhanpur mint
• AH 1127/4 rupee, Kashmir mint
• AH 1127/4 mohur, Hyderabad mint
• AH 1133/3 mohur, Khujista Bunyad mint
• Coins and currency dated 1714
• return to coins of India, Mughal Empire