Mughal Empire AH1150/20 mohur Fr-832
This specimen was lot 33957 in Heritage sale 3098 (New York, January 2022), where it sold for $7,200. The catalog description[1] noted, "India: Mughal Empire. Muhammad Shah gold Mohur AH [1150] Year 20 (1737/1738) MS65 NGC, Akbarabad mint, With mint epithet Mustaqir al-Khilafat. A visually extremely pleasing Mohur from this reign, particularly given the usually highly circulated nature of Muhammad Shah's gold coins. Though off-center as is usual, the positioning of the dies has left a sizeable portion of the mint epithet, mint name, and regnal year fully visible." This type is listed from many mints in India. 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. This type was struck intermittently at Akbarabad mint AH 1133 thru AH 1160.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 10.7-10.9 g, gold.
Catalog reference: KM 438.2, Hull-2035, Fr-832.
- 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]Cristiano Bierrenbach, Warren Tucker and Sam Spiegel, NYINC World Coins Signature Auction 3098, Dallas, TX: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2021.
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