Watch List notes:

Mughal, Shah Jahan (1037-1068h), a collector's copy of the famous 200-mohurs of Dar al-Khilafat Shahjahanabad 1064h, apparently made of silver, 2.214kg (cf BMC (Moghul Emperors) p. lxxxvii and Plate XXXIII, illustrating casts held in the British Museum), some surface faults, very fine overall and offered as a copy. The calligraphy on this piece is clearly different from the casts illustrated in BMC, indicating that it may have been prepared from illustrations of one of these gigantic coins rather than by someone who had access to a genuine specimen. Its weight appears to be correct, however; writing in BMC Poole noted that a genuine 200-mohur piece seen in the early nineteenth century '...weighed above 70 oz (33,600 grs),' which would equate to almost exactly 2.2kg. It seems that no authentic example of this type has been seen for more than a century and a half, but copies such as the present piece nevertheless convey the sheer size and magnificence of these lost originals.
(2000-4000 GBP)