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Mozang, VS1889, Rupee The New York Sale, Auction 14 January 10th, 2007 The "Mozang Rupee". AR 11.06 g. VS 1889. Herrli 10.01.04. This is another enigmatic issue, hitherto known only from a specimen published by Rodgers back in 1881. Rodgers gave the mintname as "Muzang Achhara", though, while "Muzang" is feasible, there is no justification for the "Achhara" reading. Unfortunately this part of the legend is off the flan of the present coin. Mozang is today a part of central Lahore but in Ranjit Singh’s time, as pointed out by Herrli, it was still a village south of the walled city. Herrli goes on to mention that a certain Josiah Harlan was striking counterfeit coins at the fort of Gujrat around this time and that the Mozang coin mentioned by Rodgers may have been the lone survivor of this activity. The present coin does not appear to be debased. In style, it looks more like a Multan Rupee than a Lahore one, even having a a not very well engraved tulip in the letter lam of fazl.

Mozang, VS1889, Rupee

The New York Sale, Auction 14
January 10th, 2007

The "Mozang Rupee". AR 11.06 g. VS 1889. Herrli 10.01.04.
This is another enigmatic issue, hitherto known only from a specimen published by Rodgers back in 1881. Rodgers gave the mintname as "Muzang Achhara", though, while "Muzang" is feasible, there is no justification for the "Achhara" reading. Unfortunately this part of the legend is off the flan of the present coin. Mozang is today a part of central Lahore but in Ranjit Singh’s time, as pointed out by Herrli, it was still a village south of the walled city. Herrli goes on to mention that a certain Josiah Harlan was striking counterfeit coins at the fort of Gujrat around this time and that the Mozang coin mentioned by Rodgers may have been the lone survivor of this activity. The present coin does not appear to be debased. In style, it looks more like a Multan Rupee than a Lahore one, even having a a not very well engraved tulip in the letter lam of fazl.

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