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Calcutta Mint – Hammered Coinages – Gold Mohur et infra – Shah Alām – 1769 to 1788

sikka zad bar haft kishwar sāya fazl ilāh hāmī dīn muḥammad shāh ‘ālam bādshāh [AH date] (= Defender of the religion of Muḥammad, Shāh ‘Alām Emperor, Shadow of the divine favour, put his stamp on the seven climes, [AH date]).		ẓarb murshīdābād sanah [RY] julūs maimanat mānūs (= Struck at Murshīdābād in the [RY] year of his reign of tranquil prosperity).

	Mohur	Half Mohur	Quarter Mohur	Eighth Mohur	Sixteenth Mohur
Official Weight (g)	12.36	6.18	3.09	1.54	0.77
Actual Weight (g)	12.16-12.36	6.15	?	1.48-1.54	0.71-0.77
Actual Diameter (mm)	22.1-25.0	~18	~14	12.2-13.9	9.0-12.7
Composition	Gold

Catalogue

Cat No.	Photo Link	Pr. No.	Denomination	AH	RY	Provenance	√ Comments	Rarity
2.10	√ 1300.	17	Mohur	1182	10	Ste		R
2.11	√ 1301.	18	”	1183	10	Ste		R
2.12	√ 1302.	19	”	1183	11	Bald		R
2.12c	√ 1302c.	-	”	1184	10	Stacks		R
2.13	√ 1303.	20	”	1184	11	Ste		R
2.14	1304.	21	”	1184	11		Proof. BM.	RRR
2.15	1305.	22	”	1185	12			R
2.16	1306.	23	”	1186	12			R
2.17	√ 1307.	-	”	1187	12	Ste		R
2.18	√ 1309.	25	”	1188	12	Bald	Mule with old rev. die.	RRR
2.19	√ 1311.	27	”	1189	12	Ste	Mule with old rev. die. See Baldwin (2006), sale 47 (Stiller), lot 806.	RRR
2.19c	√ 1311c.	-	”	1190	12	Bald	Mule with old rev. die.	RRR
2.20	1308.	24	”	1187	15			R
2.21	1310.	26	”	1188	15			R
2.22	1312.	28	”	1189	15			R
2.23	1313.	29	”	1190	15			R
2.24	√ 1314.	30	”	1194	19	Ste	Date confirmed.	R
2.25	√ 1315.	31	”	1195	19	Ste		R
2.26	√ 1316.	32	”	1196	19			R
2.27	√ 1317.	33	”	1197	19	Ste		R
2.28	√ 1318.	34	”	1198	19	Bald		R
2.29	√ 1319.	35	”	1199	19	Ste		R
2.30	√ 1320.	36	”	1200	19	ClassNG		R
2.31	1321.	37	”	1201	19			R
2.32	√ 1322.	38	”	1202	19	Ste	See also Glendining’s sale October 1988 for coin struck on a larger flan.	R
2.33	1323.	39	Half Mohur	1182	10			RR
2.34	√ 1324.	40	Silver Proof	1182	10		Silver proof.	RRR
2.34c	√ 1325.	-	”	1183	10		Ref: Album (2012) sale 13, lot 1398.	RR
2.35	1325c.	41	”	1183	11			RR
2.36	1326.	-	”	1200	19		Ref: Baldwin (2000), sale 22 (Wheeler), lot 131.	RR
2.37	1327.	42	Quarter Mohur	1182	10			RR
2.38	1328.	43	Silver Proof	1182	10		Silver proof.	RRR
2.39	√ 1329.	44	”	1202	19			RR
2.40	1330.	45	”	1203	19			RR
2.41	1331.	46	Eighth Mohur	1182	10			RR
2.42	1332.	47	Silver Prof	1182	10		Silver Proof. BM.	RRR
2.43	√ 1333.	48	”	1183	10			RR
2.44	√ 1334.	49	Silver Proof	1183	10		Silver Proof.	RRR
2.45	1335.	50	”	xxxx	15			RR
2.46	1335c.	50	”	1200	19		Smithsonian Institution. Reported by Kaslove.	RR
2.47	√ 1336.	51	”	1202	19			RR
2.48	√ 1337.	52	”	1203	19			RR
2.49	√ 1338.	53	Sixteenth Mohur	1182	10			RR
2.50	1339.	54	Silver Proof	1182	10		Silver Proof. BM.	RRR
2.51	1340.	55	”	1183	10			RR
2.52	√ 1341.	56	Silver Proof	1183	10		Silver Proof.	RRR
2.53	1342.	57	”	xxxx	15		BM.	RR
2.54	√ 1343.	58	”	1202	19		Also exists struck from 1/8 mohur dies. Ref: Kaslove & Glendining sale Oct 1988, lot 493.	RR
2.55	√ 1344.	59	”	1203	19			RR