Mughal Empire AH 1110/43 mohur Fr-810
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This specimen was lot 687 in Steve Album Auction 52 (Santa Rosa, CA, May 2025), where it sold for $1,440. The catalog description[1] noted, "MUGHAL: Aurangzeb, 1658-1707, AV mohur, Surat, AH1110 year 43, bold strike, PCGS graded AU58." This type is listed from 63 mints in India with regnal years 4-45. 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.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 10.8-11.0 g, gold.
Catalog reference: KM-315.45, Fr-810.
- Album, Stephen, Checklist of Islamic Coins, 3rd Ed. Santa Rosa, Stephen Album Rare Coins, 2011.
- 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 Dustin Wagner, Auction 52, featuring the Dr. Robert A. Rosenfeld Collection and the Almer H. Orr III Collection, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2025.
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