Mughal Empire AH 989 1/12 mohur KM-100
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This specimen was lot 2478 in Stephen Album sale 50 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2024), where it sold for $90. The catalog description[1] noted, "MUGHAL: Akbar I, 1556-1605, AV 1/12 Indian mohur, [Badakhshan], AH989, central horizontal line on the obverse, as on similar pieces dated AH988 and 990 sold in our recent auctions; off-center strike, about 25% flat, VF, RR." Badakhshan, where this coin was struck, is today divided between Afghanistan and Tajikistan and is considered the heartland of Turcoman culture. This type is listed in the SCWC as an undated 1/10 mohur. Fractional mohurs are very scarce.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 0.9-1.2 g, gold, this specimen 0.93 g.
Catalog reference: KM-100, A-P2464.2.
- 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 Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 50, featuring selections from the Dr. Robert A. Rosenfeld Collection, the Hakim Hamidi Collection, the Almer H. Orr III Collection and the Solar Collection, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2024.
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