1793 India Gold Mohur East India Company UNC

The 1793 India Gold Mohur, struck under the authority of the British East India Company at the Murshidabad Mint, is a rare and historically rich coin from colonial India. Bearing elegant Persian script and a refined Mughal-inspired design, it reflects a time when the East India Company was consolidating power across the subcontinent. Issued during the reign of Shah Alam II, this gold mohur contains nearly 11 grams of high-purity gold and symbolises the blend of British commercial control with lingering Mughal imperial traditions.

Remarkably, this coin was also one of the 11 foreign coins officially recognised in Governor Philip Gidley King’s 1800 proclamation in New South Wales. Its inclusion demonstrates how far-reaching global trade networks were—even in the early Australian colony—and how coins from India helped facilitate commerce in a land struggling with the shortage of reliable currency.

The 1793 mohur is a rare colonial crossover of empire, economy, and exploration.

Grade: Uncirculated
Weight: 12.36 grams
Composition: 99.6% gold