Mughal Empire AH 989 1/12 mohur KM-100
The first 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.
The second specimen was lot 2327 in Steve Album Auction 55 (Santa Rosa, CA, May 2026), where it sold for $360. The catalog description[2] noted, "MUGHAL: Shahrukh III, 1575-1579, AV 1/12 Indian mohur, [Badakhshan], ND, with part of the additional title badi' al-zaman below the obverse, VF-XF." Badakhshan is today a region overlapping the easternmost part of Afghanistan and southeast half of Tajikistan. From India's point of view, it is directly north of Kashmir. It is inhabited today by Tajiks and Pamiris. The Mughals, Afghan in origin, passed thru the province several times in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries but never succeeded in reducing it to obedience for long. Shahrukh III was a local prince and troublemaker who raised the standard of revolt several times in his career and died about 1608.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 0.9-1.2 g, gold, the first specimen 0.93 g, the second specimen is 0.92 g.
Catalog reference: KM-100, A-P2464.2. The second specimen is KM 100.2, A-2466.2.
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- [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.
- [2]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.
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