Mughal Empire AH 979 mohur Fr-718a
This specimen was lot 1845 in Stephen Album sale 32 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2018), where it sold for $2,937.50. The catalog description[1] noted, "MUGHAL: Akbar I, 1556-1605, AV mohur, Lahore, AH979, magnificent bold strike, NGC graded MS63." The Mughal Empire stretched over most of India in the early seventeenth century and numerous mints struck silver rupees for the emperor. The Mughal Empire 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 in a round module (shown here) or square module, such as Fr-722c.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 10.8-10.9 g, gold.
Catalog reference: KM-106.5, Fr-718a.
- Album, Stephen, Checklist of Islamic Coins, 3rd Ed. Santa Rosa, Stephen Album Rare Coins, 2011.
- 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 32, featuring the Don Erickson Collection of German Coins, Part II and the Hazerfans Collection of Ottoman Empire Coins, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2018.
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