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1/2 Rupee - Brajanath Gohain
| Issuer | Kingdom of Assam |
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| Year | 1818-1819 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Octagonal hammered silver flan bearing a three-line Assamese inscription within the field, reading 'শ্রী শ্রী / ব্রজনাথ / সিংহ', invoking the royal name Brajanath Singha. The legend is arranged in horizontal registers occupying the full face of the coin. A dotted border runs along the inner edge of the octagonal rim, framing the inscription. The script is rendered in the traditional Assamese character style characteristic of late Ahom coinage. |
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| Reverse script | Assamese |
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Brajanath Gohain served as a subordinate chief under the Ahom kingdom during its terminal decline, a period when Burmese invasions had effectively dismembered Assam's political structure. This coin was struck in the final years before the First Anglo-Burmese War and the subsequent Treaty of Yandabo in 1826, which transferred Assam to British East India Company control and extinguished indigenous coinage production entirely. The Ahom tradition of issuing rupee-weight silver in the names of subordinate lords makes attribution within the series genuinely complex.