ISLAMIC, Persia (Post-Mongol). Zands. Muhammad Karim Khan, AH 1164-1193 / AD 1751-1779. 1/2 Mohur (Gold, 16 mm, 5.50 g, 8 h), type D, Shiraz, AH 1187 = 1773/4. The Shiʿa kalmia, ‘lā ilāha illā Allāh / Muḥammad / rasūl Allāh ʿAlī wa/lī Allāh’ (‘There is no deity but Allah. Muhammad is the messenger of Allah. Ali is the friend of Allah’ in Arabic). Rev. Within a circle, ‘zarb-e dār al-ʿilm Shirāz’ (‘Struck in the Abode of Knowledge Shiraz’ in Persian); above, ‘yā Karīm’ (‘O Generous One’ in Arabic); below, ‘1187’. Album 2789. Rare. In NGC encapsulation, graded AU DETAILS, OBV SCRATCHED. The only example graded by NGC. Some scratches, otherwise, extremely fine.