The Mongol Collection, Coins of the Four Khanates - 1242 to 1502 CE - Mongol Empire

In 1206 CE, a Mongol leader named Temüjin, better known as Genghis Khan, united the Mongol tribes and began conquering parts of China and Central Asia. He quickly gained momentum, pushing further to the south and west, and eventually built the largest contiguous empire in history: the Mongol Empire. However, when Genghis died in 1227, it raised questions about who would succeed him. His third son, Ögedei Khan, was first to inherit the empire, taking the position of Great Khan. However, loyalties began to fracture in the different territories of the empire, and it officially split in 1259 after the fourth Great Khan, Möngke, died with no successor. Four individual states emerged, each known as "khanates:" the Golden Horde in Eastern Europe and northern Asia, the Yuan dynasty in China, the Ilkhanate in the Middle East, and the Chagatai Khanate in Central Asia. This collection of four coins includes one coin from each of the khanates. The four Mongol khanates (source) The Golden Horde, v