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AH1038//2 INDIA MUGHAL - SHAH JAHAN I SURAT MOHUR MS 64
Mughal, Shah Jahan (AH 1037-1068, 1628-1658 AD), Gold Mohur, Surat Mint, RY 2, Ilahi Type, Month Azar (Sagittarius), KM # 255.6, very rare.
In 1974, a hoard of gold coins was discovered along the riverbank near the city of Akola. It is believed the Mohurs represented military pay sent from the mint at Surat to Mughal troops fighting near Golconda. As the story goes, the courier rested with the troops at night in the dry riverbed. Suddenly premature monsoon rains filled the area and swept away the caravan - and with it the whole gold mintage of the Surat mint for that year.
Mughal, Shah Jahan (AH 1037-1068, 1628-1658 AD), Gold Mohur, Surat Mint, RY 2, Ilahi Type, Month Azar (Sagittarius), KM # 255.6, very rare.
In 1974, a hoard of gold coins was discovered along the riverbank near the city of Akola. It is believed the Mohurs represented military pay sent from the mint at Surat to Mughal troops fighting near Golconda. As the story goes, the courier rested with the troops at night in the dry riverbed. Suddenly premature monsoon rains filled the area and swept away the caravan - and with it the whole gold mintage of the Surat mint for that year.