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Madras Mint – Later Coinages – Gold, Half & Quarter Ashrafi (or Mohur) – 1819

 

The crest of the Company surrounded by the legend

nim Ashrafi kampani angrez bahādur (= Half Ashrafi (or mohur) of the honourable English Company). Within a raised, toothed border.

 

 

Half Ashrafi

Quarter Ashrafi

Official Weight (g)

5.83

2.91

Actual Weight (g)

5.80

 

Actual Diameter (mm)

 

21.2

Composition

Gold

Edge

Straight Grained

Axes

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Catalogue

Cat No.

Photo Link

Pr. No.

Denomination

Provenance

Comments

Mintage

Rarity

4.5

477.

242

Half Ashrafi

Ste, Tody

The half mohur with 3 varieties (R. Weir)

212,690

S

4.6

478.

243

Quarter Ashrafi

Ste, Spink

The quarter Ashrafi occurs with 3 varieties (R. Weir)

91,834

R