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| Issuer | Mughal Empire |
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| Year | 1618 |
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| Value | 1 Heavy Mohur |
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| Obverse lettering | نور الدين محمد جهانگیر شاه ١٠٢٧ |
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| Mintage | 1027 (1618) 12 |
| Additional information |
Jahangir's heavy mohurs — struck at twice the weight of the standard mohur — were almost certainly prestige pieces rather than working currency. The Kanbayat (Cambay) mint operated under Mughal authority in Gujarat, a region whose port trade made it one of the wealthiest provincial centers in the empire. Jahangir himself was a compulsive documenter of his own reign, and his memoir the Tuzuk-i-Jahangiri records his obsessive interest in fine craftsmanship, which extended directly to coinage.
KM# 180.1 distinguishes the Kanbayat issue from heavy mohurs of other mints by its specific die arrangement — a meaningful distinction given how few examples surface at auction.