Bengal Presidency

Mohur AH 1202-An 19 (1788 CE) (frozen date), Murshidabad. LOCAL IMITATION struck circa 1790-1835. Inscription and date on four lines / Inscription including year of reign on three lines. Oblique reeded edge. 10,61g. Fr. - (cf. 1536) ; KM - (cf. 102).

Extremely fine

Provenance:
NGSA Auction 8 (24-25 November 2014), 309.

This handstruck coin is an interesting Indian imitation of the gold mohurs issued by the East India Company for the Bengal Presidency. These coins were issued in the name of Shah Alam II (1759-1806) and bore the name of the Murshidabad workshop, as well as the frozen regnal year 19. This imitation was probably struck between 1790 and 1835, when the gold mohurs of the East India Company were widely used.