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1 Paisa - Abdur Rahman
| Issuer | Kabul Mint |
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| Year | 1892 |
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| Currency | Afghan Rupee (1891-1925) |
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| Reverse description | Central device depicts a stylized representation of the Kabul Mint building, shown as a pavilion or gate structure with two flanking columns topped by finials and a domed or arched roof, rendered in bold relief. Below the mint device, the Hijri regnal year '1309' is inscribed in Arabic-Nastaliq numerals. The entire central design is surrounded by an ornate wreath of scrolling foliage and floral motifs in low relief. A beaded inner border and a plain raised outer rim complete the design. |
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| Mintage | 1309 (1892) - KM#801.1 - 1309 (1892) - KM#801.2 - |
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Abdur Rahman Khan spent much of his reign — backed by a British subsidy that funded both his army and his administrative reforms — consolidating control over a fragmented Afghanistan through a combination of military campaigns and deliberate centralization. Coinage reform was part of that project. The Kabul Mint under his rule produced a chaotic range of small copper issues in varying weights and quality, and this paisa sits within that messy transitional period when standardization was attempted but never fully achieved.
KM#801 is known with considerable striking inconsistencies across the type.