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mo⋅hur

  [moh-her]
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–noun
any of various gold coins of India, introduced in the 16th century by various Mogul princes and later used by the British as the standard gold coin of India.
Origin:
1690–1700; earlier muhr < Urdu < Pers: seal, gold coin; akin to Skt mudrā
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mo·hur   (mō'ər, mə-hŏŏr')   
n.  A gold coin, equal to 15 rupees, that was used in British India in the 19th and early 20th centuries.

[Hindi muhr, gold coin, seal, from Persian; akin to Sanskrit mudrā, seal; see mudra.]
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