Mughal Empire AH 987 mohur Fr-722c
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This specimen was lot 674 in Steve Album Auction 52 (Santa Rosa, CA, May 2025), where it sold for $7,800. The catalog description[1] noted, "MUGHAL: Akbar I, 1556-1605, AV square mohur, Patna, AH987, legend within a square on both sides, mint name below the obverse, date in the lower left corner of the reverse; there is considerably weakness in the strike, not noted on the slab, ANACS graded XF40." This square mohur is listed for the Patna mint in AH 986 and 988. This example realized over four times the catalog value.
Specification: 10.7-11.0 g, gold.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Catalog reference: Fr-722c, KM-111.2 (unlisted date).
- 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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