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[[Image:S77-2453.jpg|550px|thumb|Sincona sale 77, lot 2453]]
 
[[Image:S77-2453.jpg|550px|thumb|Sincona sale 77, lot 2453]]
  
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This specimen was lot 2453 in Sincona sale 77 (Zurich, May 2022), where it sold for 2,800 CHF (about US$3,399 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "INDIA | Mughal Empire. Shihab al-Din Muhammad Shah Jahan, 1037-1068 H. (1628-1658). Mohur 1047 H. Burhanpur. NGC MS62. ''Überdurchschnittliche Erhaltung.'' (Extraordinary condition.)" This type is listed from twenty mints in India with regnal years 4-32. This particular issue lacks the regnal year. 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.
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This specimen was lot 2453 in Sincona sale 77 (Zürich, May 2022), where it sold for 2,800 CHF (about US$3,399 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "INDIA | [[India, Mughal Empire|Mughal Empire]]. Shihab al-Din Muhammad Shah Jahan, 1037-1068 H. (1628-1658). Mohur 1047 H. Burhanpur. NGC MS62. ''Überdurchschnittliche Erhaltung.'' (Extraordinary condition.)" This type is listed from twenty mints in India with regnal years 4-32. This particular issue lacks the regnal year. 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 but a scarce mint.
 
''Recorded mintage:'' unknown but a scarce mint.
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''[[Bibliography|Source:]]''
 
''[[Bibliography|Source:]]''
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* 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.
 
* 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.  
 
* 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.  
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* <sup>[1]</sup>Richter, Jurg, ''SINCONA Auction 77, World Coins and Medals, Bullion Auction, Coins and Medals of Switzerland'', Zurich: SINCONA AG, 2022.  
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* <sup>[1]</sup>Richter, Jürg, ''SINCONA Auction 77, World Coins and Medals, Bullion Auction, Coins and Medals of Switzerland'', Zürich: SINCONA AG, 2022.  
  
 
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* [[Mughal Empire AH1046/10 mohur Fr-801|AH 1046/10 mohur, Allahabad mint]]
 
* [[Mughal Empire AH1046/10 mohur Fr-801|AH 1046/10 mohur, Allahabad mint]]
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* [[Mughal Empire AH 1053/17 rupee KM-235.23|AH 1053/17 (1644) rupee, Surat mint]]
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* [[Mughal Empire AH1049/12 mohur Fr-801|AH 1049/12 mohur, Burhanpur mint]]
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* [[Mughal Empire AH1054/18 mohur Fr-794|AH 1054/18 mohur, Akbarabad mint]]
 
 
* [[Coins and currency dated 1637]]
 
* [[Coins and currency dated 1637]]
 
* return to coins of [[India, Mughal Empire]]
 
* return to coins of [[India, Mughal Empire]]
  
 
[[Category:Selections from Sincona sale 75, 76, 77]][[Category: Coinage of the Indian states]]
 
[[Category:Selections from Sincona sale 75, 76, 77]][[Category: Coinage of the Indian states]]

Latest revision as of 10:58, 7 October 2025

Sincona sale 77, lot 2453

This specimen was lot 2453 in Sincona sale 77 (Zürich, May 2022), where it sold for 2,800 CHF (about US$3,399 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted, "INDIA | Mughal Empire. Shihab al-Din Muhammad Shah Jahan, 1037-1068 H. (1628-1658). Mohur 1047 H. Burhanpur. NGC MS62. Überdurchschnittliche Erhaltung. (Extraordinary condition.)" This type is listed from twenty mints in India with regnal years 4-32. This particular issue lacks the regnal year. 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 but a scarce mint.

Specification: 10.8-11.0 g, gold, this specimen 10.95 g.

Catalog reference: Fr-801; KM 260.6.

Source:

  • 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]Richter, Jürg, SINCONA Auction 77, World Coins and Medals, Bullion Auction, Coins and Medals of Switzerland, Zürich: SINCONA AG, 2022.

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