Mughal Empire AH1124/1 mohur KM-368.1
This specimen was lot 880 in Stephen Album sale 39 (Santa Rosa, CA, January 2021), where it sold for $1,920. The catalog description[1] noted, "MUGHAL: Jahandar, 1712-1713, AV mohur, Akbarabad, AH1124 year 1, a superb lustrous example! PCGS graded MS65, ex Fuller Collection." The Mughal Empire stretched over most of India in the early eighteenth century and numerous mints struck gold mohurs for the emperor. 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. The Akbarabad mint produced this type along with eight or nine others.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: gold, 10.6-10.9 g, this specimen 10.90 g.
Catalog reference: KM-368.1.
- Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
- 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 30, featuring the John Sylvester, Jr., Collection of Annamese Medals and Orders, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2020.
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