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1/4 Anna - Shah Jahan Begum
| Issuer | Bhopal, Princely state of |
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| Year | 1869-1882 |
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| Value | 1/4 Anna (1⁄64) |
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| Reverse description | The reverse displays a prominent Arabic inscription in Naskh script filling the central field, conveying the Hijri date with the final digit partially illegible; the readable portion reads 128.. The inscription is rendered in bold raised characters typical of Bhopal princely coinage, set within a plain field with no border ornamentation. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Shah Jahan Begum ruled Bhopal from 1868 to 1901, one of four successive women to govern the state across nearly a century — an unbroken female succession unique in Indian princely history. She was a capable administrator who built extensively in Bhopal and maintained cordial but carefully managed relations with the British Raj. This copper issue was struck across a fourteen-year span, reflecting the slow pace of coinage replacement in smaller princely states where older issues remained legal tender long after new dies were cut.