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1 Falus Uncertain
| Issuer | Uncertain Afghan city |
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| Year | 1847 |
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| Technique | Hammered |
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| Reverse description | The reverse displays an overstruck design with only the AH date 1263 (1847 AD) legible in the field, rendered in Arabic numerals. The underlying type is obscured by the overstrike, making definitive mint attribution impossible; candidate mints include Balkh, Herat, Kabul, and Qandahar, all of which were active in AH 1263. Residual elements of the host coin's design are faintly visible beneath the overstruck impression. The overall surface is heavily worn and granular, consistent with circulation copper coinage of the period. |
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| Reverse lettering | ١٢٦٣ |
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Afghan copper falus of this period were struck by municipal or regional authorities with little centralized oversight, and attribution remains genuinely contested among specialists. Without a legible mint name — lost either to crude dies or wear — pinning this to Kabul, Qandahar, or any of the smaller issuing towns is guesswork dressed as scholarship.