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1 Mohur - Jahangir Libra - Agra mint
| Issuer | Mughal Empire |
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| Year | 1619-1625 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Reverse description | Three horizontal registers of bold Nasta'liq Arabic-Persian calligraphic inscription fill the reverse field, recording the regnal year, Hijri date, and mint information. The central band carries the principal legend with the emperor's name and titles, flanked above and below by additional lines of text. Floral ornaments punctuate the inscriptions. A numerical date (1032 illustrated) appears in the lower segment, and the whole is framed within a beaded outer border consistent with Mughal hammered coinage conventions. |
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| Mintage | 1028 (1619) 14 - - 1029 (1620) 14 - - 1030 (1621) 16 - - 1030 (1621) 17 - - 1031 (1622) 17 - - 1031 (1622) 18 - - 1032 (1623) 17 - - 1032 (1623) 18 - - 1032 (1623) 19 - - 1033 (1624) 19 - - 1034 (1625) 19 - sic! - |
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The "Zodiac mohurs" of Jahangir rank among the most deliberate acts of numismatic self-promotion in Mughal history. Jahangir ordered the series struck around 1618–1619, with each coin bearing one of the twelve zodiac signs corresponding to the solar month — a direct assertion of his astronomical and astrological authority, and a pointed departure from the Koranic inscriptions his court's more orthodox factions preferred. The Libra type corresponds to the month of Mihr.
Contemporary accounts in the Tuzuk-i-Jahangiri confirm Jahangir's personal involvement in the design decisions. Pieces from Agra are among the more frequently encountered in the series, but the run was never large by commercial standards — these circulated among elites, not bazaars.