Mughal Empire AH 1109/42 mohur KM-315.42

Steve Album sale 55, lot 669

This specimen was lot 669 in Steve Album Auction 55 (Santa Rosa, CA, May 2026), where it sold for $2,040. The catalog description^[1] noted, "MUGHAL: Aurangzeb, 1658-1707, AV mohur, Shahjahanabad (Delhi), AH1109 year 42, NGC graded AU58. Date misinterpreted as AH1105 on the slab." This type was struck at Delhi for years 1 thru 51 and is a common mint. All mohurs are expensive in this quality.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specifications: 10.8-11.0 g, gold.

Catalog reference: Fr-810; KM-315.42.

Sources:

• Album, Stephen. Checklist of Islamic Coins. Santa Rosa, 1998. Stephen Album.
• Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
• 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 Hanbing Feng, Auction 55, featuring Selections from the Swamperbob Gurney Collection of Cap & Ray 8 Reales, the Kenneth A. Bovenkamp Collection of Ottoman Coins and the 1914 Collection of World Coins, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2026.

Links:

• AH 1107/39 mohur, Surat mint
• AH 1107/41 mohur, Akbarabad mint
• AH 1109/41 half rupee, Surat mint
• AH 1109/42 mohur, Allahabad Mint
• Coins and currency dated 1697