1 Falus Qandahar

€466,740.00
IssuerCity of Qandahar (Afghan Cities)
Year1108 (1696)
TypeStandard circulation coins
Value1 Falus (1⁄64)
CurrencyLocal Rupees (1747-1891)
CompositionCopper
Weight8.49 g
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Thickness
Shape and TechniqueRectangular (irregular)
Hammered
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In circulation to
Reference(s) Album Islamic#3253 , Val CCMS#10
Obverse descriptionStanding Crane or Peacock
Obverse script
Obverse letteringفلوس قند ١١٠٨
(Translation: Fulus QND (Qandahar) 1108)
Reverse descriptionStephen Album`s Checklist of Islamic Coins designates this coin as Common (`C`).  Album also notes that some examples of this coin `…are struck on flans formed by folding a thin sheet of copper two or more times. The copper sheets are said to have been cut from old cooking pots, but I regard that as a spurious explanation`  Valentine also has an illustrated example of this coin (#10) in the Afghanistan section of book:       While Album refers to the image as a Crane, Valentine refers to it as a Peacock.
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Edge
Mintقند
Kandahar, Afghanistan
Mintage1108 (1696)  - -
Catalog ID2844432500
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