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1 Paisa - Aurangzeb Akbarabad mint
| Issuer | Mughal Empire |
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| Year | 1664-1665 |
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| Currency | Rupee (1540-1842) |
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| Reverse description | Irregular hammered copper flan with a multi-line Arabic legend occupying the central field, recording the regnal year of issue and the mint name Akbarabad. The inscription includes the phrases 'Sanah' (year), the regnal year numeral, 'Julus Maimnat Manus' (auspicious accession), and 'Zarb Akbarabad' (struck at Akbarabad). The calligraphy is executed in a bold, utilitarian style consistent with Mughal provincial copper issues. The flan is notably irregular in outline with rough, uneven edges, and the strike is slightly off-center with areas of weak impression. |
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| Reverse lettering | سنه [Regnal Year] جلوس میمنت مانوس ضرب اکبرآباد |
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Aurangzeb's copper paisa issues from Akbarabad — the Mughal name for Agra — date to a period when the emperor was consolidating control after imprisoning his father Shah Jahan in the Agra Fort itself, barely a mile from this mint. The irony of striking coin in the shadow of a captive emperor is unremarked in contemporary records but hard to ignore. Akbarabad remained one of the empire's most productive copper mints through the 1660s, though output was never centrally standardized, and weight variation across surviving examples of KM#285.1 is considerable.