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1 Mohur - Shah Jahan Akbarabad mint
| Issuer | Mughal Empire |
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| Year | 1632-1634 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse description | The reverse field is organised into horizontal registers of bold Arabic Naskh script in high relief, presenting the imperial titulature of the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan. The uppermost register bears the regnal name and titles of the emperor, the central registers record his full imperial style including 'Shah Jahan Badshah Ghazi', and the lower register contains the AH regnal year of issue. The mint name Akbarabad appears within the legend, and the whole is framed by a finely beaded border consistent with Mughal imperial coinage of the period. |
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| Mintage | 1041 (1632) 4 - - 1042 (1633) 5 - - 1042 (1633) 6 - - 1043 (1634) 6 - - |
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Shah Jahan ascended the Mughal throne in 1628 after a bitter succession war against his own father Jahangir's court factions, and his early gold coinage reflects the deliberate grandeur of a ruler determined to project legitimacy. The Akbarabad mint — operating at Agra, the imperial capital — was among the most prolific and prestigious of the Mughal minting network, producing gold mohurs of consistently high fineness throughout his reign.
KM#256.1 corresponds to the couplet type associated with Shah Jahan's early regnal years, before later stylistic revisions to the calligraphic format. Agra would, within this same decade, begin receiving the stonework for the Taj Mahal — construction started 1632.