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1/4 Paisa - Jafar Ali Khan
| Issuer | Princely state of Cambay (Indian princely states) |
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| Year | 1880-1915 |
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| Reference(s) | KM#2 |
| Obverse description | Crude hammered field bearing a stylized Persian stamp device consisting of a large ring or annulet at left, accompanied by three smaller pellets or globules arranged to the right, with a curved crescent-like element below, all rendered in low relief on an irregular flan. The design represents the word 'Shah' in highly stylized Persian calligraphy, characteristic of the primitive stamp coinage tradition of Cambay. The overall composition is confined within the roughly circular boundary of the coin, with no formal border or legend surrounding the central device. |
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| Obverse script | Persian |
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| Reverse description | Crude hammered field bearing a multi-line Persian inscription in low relief, filling the entire coin surface within the irregular flan boundary. The legend, executed in a rudimentary calligraphic hand typical of Cambay's primitive copper coinage, names the ruling khan Jafar Ali Khan. The inscription is arranged in two or three registers across the field, with no formal border, the letters merging into the rough texture of the hammered surface. |
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