Sale: CNG 69, Lot: 2018. Estimate $3000.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 8 June 2005.  Sold For $3400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

INDIA, Mughal Emperors. Muhammad Akbar II. 1806-1837. AV Mohur (10.70 gm, 12h). Shahjahanabad mint. Dated AH 1223, RY 3 (1808 AD). Legend with Akbar's titles; parasol mint mark and AH date / Legend with mint; regnal year below. KM 781; cf. Wright 2500; cf. Hull 2342. EF, lustrous. Rare as a regular mohur with fully legible date. ($3000)

The next to last Mughal emperor, Muhammad Akbar II, was a virtual nonentity, reigning as a figurehead, with the British East India Company being the real master of India. His coinage was issued in token quantities and is all rare.