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1⁄16 Rupee - Gaurinath Singha
| Issuer | Kingdom of Assam |
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| Year | 1780-1796 |
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| Diameter | 8 mm |
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| Obverse description | Octagonal hammered silver flan bearing a central field divided by a horizontal and vertical line into four quadrants, each containing Assamese script characters. The inscription is boldly struck in raised relief against a flat field, with the script arranged in a cruciform layout typical of Ahom coinage. The lettering fills the entirety of the flan, leaving no decorative border, consistent with the compact utilitarian style of late Ahom kingdom issues. |
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| Obverse script | Assamese |
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Gaurinath Singha ruled Assam during a period of acute external pressure — the Burmese had invaded and withdrawn, and Mughal authority had long since evaporated, leaving the Ahom kingdom nominally sovereign but practically encircled. This fractional denomination, the smallest silver unit in the Ahom system, would have circulated almost exclusively in local bazaar trade, too minor for tribute or treasury use. The kingdom itself collapsed within a generation; the Third Burmese invasion of 1819 ended Ahom rule permanently, making coinage from Gaurinath's reign among the last indigenous issues before annexation.