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1/2 Anna - Munassar 15mm CM on KM#468

Issuer Qu'aiti Sultanate
Year 1890
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Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
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Obverse script Latin/Arabic
Obverse lettering VICTORIA QUEEN
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The Qu'aiti Sultanate, based in the Hadhramaut region of what is now Yemen, operated within the broader framework of British-protected states in the Gulf of Aden. This piece is a counterstamped example — a 15mm "Munassar" counterstamp applied to a KM#468 host coin, which is the Indian half anna of the British East India Company or subsequent Crown issues. Counterstamping foreign circulation coinage was a practical solution for small Gulf states that lacked full minting infrastructure but needed to assert local monetary authority over coins already in everyday use.

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