Token India Mughal Empire (Mohur of Akbar) 1600

Hello Tiggert -- This may not be your exact piece, but it should supply a starting point for further research. (To send pictures, start and e-mail exchange using the Contact button.)

The piece in our picture is a fairly common gold token from the Mughal Empire in India, dating around AH1000 on the Islamic calendar, about 1600AD on the Gregorian (Western) calendar. It weighs about 10 to 13 grams and is modelled after a Mohur of Akbar, from the Urdu Zafar Qarin mint.

Very approximate catalog values run like this:

worn: $400 US dollars approximate catalog value
average circulated: $650
well preserved: $1000
fully uncirculated: $1250

The token in our picture comes from Spink in London where it sold for 550 British pounds (about $800 US dollars) during a 2013 auction.
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Coin: 19168, Genre: Tokens, Timeline: World
Created (yyyymm): 201504, Last review: 201504
Appearance: Square or rectangular shape Metallic yellow Letters: Flowing style
Years: sort: 1600, filter: 1600 to 1600
Image: india_mughal_token_mohur_1600.jpg
Tags: scripts curvy letter swirls monograms ind curves scribble rectangle inde mughal lettering initials india curl swirl squares twirly bowed curly boxes curlicues three squarish curved caligraphy inscription swirly curving rectangular impire box squared boxed rectangles monogram empire square squiggley curve curlycue squiggles initals letters sqiggles akbar rowing swoosh row curls one squigle ones squiggly mohur scrip inscriptions scribbles lettered rows script squiggle 1600 calligraphy initial