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1/2 Rupee - Aurangzeb Surat mint
| Issuer | Mughal Empire |
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| Year | 1660-1707 |
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| Weight | 5.95 g |
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| Obverse lettering | اورنگزیب عالمگیر بادشاه غازی |
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| Reverse script | Arabic |
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Aurangzeb's half rupee from Surat reflects the commercial logic of that port city more than any imperial ambition. Surat was the Mughal Empire's primary outlet to the Arabian Sea trade network and the departure point for the annual Hajj fleet, which meant the mint there operated under intense pressure to produce reliable, well-weighed silver for merchants who trusted scales over proclamations. The Surat mint was also one of the few in the empire where European trading companies — the English and Dutch among them — could bring bullion directly for striking into Mughal coinage, paying seigniorage in exchange.
Aurangzeb's 49-year reign is the longest represented by KM#294.6, and the range of regnal years found on surviving specimens spans decades of that production.