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1 Falus Anonymous, Civic copper, Kabul
| Issuer | Kabul, City of |
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| Year | 1823 |
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| Value | 1 Falus |
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| Obverse description | Two waterfowl (ducks) depicted in the field with their long necks sinuously intertwined, forming a symmetrical decorative motif. The birds are rendered in a stylized manner characteristic of Afghan civic coppers of the early 19th century, with bodies facing opposite directions. The coin exhibits an irregular flan typical of hammered production, with a green patina visible across the copper surface. |
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| Reverse description | Arabic legend arranged in the field in multiple registers, interspersed with decorative dot ornaments and floral or foliate scroll elements. The inscription, characteristic of anonymous civic issues from Kabul, fills the flan in a bold, somewhat crude hammered style. Crescent-like curved decorative devices occupy the lower portion of the field, adding to the ornamental composition typical of early 19th-century Afghan copper coinage. |
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Kabul's civic copper issues of the early 19th century were struck during a period of acute political fragmentation in Afghanistan, when the Barakzai-Sadozai power struggle had effectively collapsed centralized Durrani authority. The city functioned with considerable administrative autonomy during these years, producing anonymous low-denomination coinage for local market use rather than as expressions of any reigning sovereign's authority — which explains the absence of a ruler's name entirely.
KM#62 is among the more frequently encountered of the Kabul civic types, though die alignment and flan preparation vary considerably across examples.