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1/4 Anna - Munassar 10mm CM on KM#446.1
| Issuer | Qu'aiti Sultanate |
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| Year | 1890 |
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| Diameter | 25.5 mm |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | The reverse of the host East India Company coin displays the circular wreath of oak and laurel tied at the base with a ribbon, enclosing the denomination expressed as 'ONE QUARTER ANNA' with fractional notation. The legend 'EAST INDIA COMPANY' curves around the upper periphery in Latin script, while an Arabic inscription appears above within the wreath. A circular Qu'aiti countermark punch is applied to the reverse field, partially obscuring the central design. |
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The Qu'aiti Sultanate of Shihr and Mukalla, based in what is now eastern Yemen, operated under loose British protection from the late nineteenth century and maintained its own currency partly as an assertion of administrative control over the Hadhramaut coast. This piece is a counterstamped Indian quarter anna — KM#446.1, a coin struck for British India — overstruck with the mark of Munassar, one of the local commercial centers within Qu'aiti jurisdiction. Counterstamping existing colonial coinage was a practical solution where dedicated mint infrastructure did not exist.
The weight discrepancy between a standard quarter anna and this example suggests host coin variation, not error.