Catalog
1 Paisa FARKHANDA BUNYAD
| Issuer | Princely state of Hyderabad |
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| Weight | 9.6 g |
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| Reverse description | Irregular square reverse field bearing an Arabic inscription in flowing Naskh script, struck in shallow relief. The legends identify the denomination and issuing authority of the Asaf Jahi state of Hyderabad. The hammered technique produces an uneven, rustic surface with softly defined letter forms characteristic of the early copper paisa series of this princely state. |
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| Mint | Hyderabad Mint (Farkhanda Bunyad) |
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Hyderabad under the Nizams operated its own mint and currency system entirely independent of British India's coinage apparatus — a privilege jealously guarded and formally recognized under the subsidiary alliance arrangements. The "Farkhanda Bunyad" inscription, meaning "of auspicious foundation," was a regnal epithet specific to Mir Mahbub Ali Khan, the sixth Nizam, whose reign ran from 1869 to 1911.
KM#7 is associated with production at the Hyderabad city mint, which struck coins in a bewildering variety of die states and with inconsistent quality control — meaning examples vary considerably even within the same type.