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{{multiple image|caption_align=center|header_align=center| align = right| direction = vertical| width = 250| header = One and Two Mohur coins<br>of British India| image1 = India 1862 One Mohur.jpg | alt1 = | caption1 = 1862 One Mohur| image2 = India 1835 2 Mohurs.jpg | alt2 = | caption2 = 1835 Two Mohurs (Double Mohur){{#tag:ref |The 1835 double mohur, also called [[ashrafi]], on average contains 23.32 grams of gold (0.9170 fine) and weighs 0.6875 of an ounce.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?isbn=1440228019|page=752|title= Standard Catalog of World Coins 1801–1900 |edition=6 |publisher=Krause|isbn=978-0-89689-940-7|editor-last=Cuhaj|editor-first=George S.|year=2009b}}</ref> Only 1,170 were minted.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tXSrLbIEDBMC|title= Standard Catalog of World Gold Coins 1601–Present|edition=6|p=818|publisher=Krause|isbn=978-1-4402-0424-1|editor-last=Cuhaj|editor-first=George S.|year=2009a}}</ref>| group="nb"}} }}

The '''Mohur''' is a [[gold coin]] that was formerly minted by several governments, including [[British India]] and some of the [[Princely state|princely states]] which existed alongside it, the [[Mughal Empire]], [[Kingdom of Nepal]], and [[Afghanistan]]. It was usually equivalent in value to fifteen silver [[rupee]]s. It was last minted in British India in 1918, but some princely states continued to issue the coins until their [[Instrument of Accession|accession]] to India after 1947. Similar coins were also issued by the British authorities in denominations of {{2/3}} mohur (10 rupees), {{1/3}} mohur (5 rupees) and the double mohur (30 rupees), and some of the princely states issued half-mohur coins (equal to 7 rupees and 8 anna).

The ''mohur'' coin was first introduced by [[Sher Shah Suri]] during his rule in India between 1540 and 1545 and was then a gold coin weighing 169 [[Grain (mass)|grain]]s (10.95 grams). He also introduced [[copper]] coins called ''[[Dam (coin)|dam]]'' and [[silver coin]]s called ''[[rupiya]]'' that weighed 178 grains (11.53 grams).<ref>[http://www.rbi.org.in/currency/museum/c-mogul.html Mughal Coinage] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080516085855/http://www.rbi.org.in/currency/museum/c-mogul.html |date=2008-05-16 }} at [[RBI Monetary Museum]]. Retrieved on May 4, 2008.</ref> Later on, the [[Mughal emperors]] standardized this coinage of tri-metallism across the sub-continent in order to consolidate the monetary system.

== Etymology ==
The word ''mohur'' or ''[[mohor]]'' is from the Persian word ''muhr'', which means "seal", and is [[cognate]] with the [[Sanskrit]] word ''mudrā'', which in turn comes from ''mudraṇam'' which also means "seal".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://sanskritdictionary.com/mudra%E1%B9%87am/25612/4|title=Sanskritdictionary.com: Definition of mudraṇam|website=sanskritdictionary.com}}</ref>

== Collector value ==
Gold mohurs issued by the Moghul Empire, the British East India Company or the British Crown are valuable collector items and sell in auctions for high prices. The double mohur (minted between 1835 and 1918) with a value of 30 rupees is the highest denomination circulating coin issued till date. An 1835 double mohur was sold at a [[Bangalore]] auction for ₹11.5 [[lakh]]s making it the highest ever coin bid in India.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/bangalore/collector-mints-a-fortune-from-coin-auction/article2910682.ece|title=Collector mints a fortune from coin auction|first=Sharath S.|last=Srivatsa|date=February 20, 2012|via=www.thehindu.com}}</ref>

==See also==
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* [[Double eagle]]
* [[History of the rupee]]
* [[Dam (Indian coin)]]
* [[Dam (Nepali coin)]]
* [[Nepalese mohar]]
* [[Krugerrand|Krugerrand (South Africa)]]

== References ==

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[[Category:Coins of India]]
[[Category:Sur Empire]]
[[Category:Historical currencies of India]]
[[Category:Gold in India]]

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