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1 Paisa - Habibullah
| Issuer | Afghanistan |
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| Year | 1913 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse script | Arabic |
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| Reverse description | Central field features a stylised mosque or mihrab design in raised relief, a motif closely associated with Afghan royal coinage of the Habibullah era. The architectural device is rendered in a simplified, schematic manner typical of Kabul Mint hand-engraving practices. A circular border of dots or a linear rim frames the design. The legend, likely referencing the denomination or the ruler's name, appears in the lower portion of the field in Arabic script. The irregular flan and hand-finished striking technique lend the coin a characteristic artisanal quality. |
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Habibullah Khan, who ruled Afghanistan from 1901 until his assassination in 1919, maintained a cautious balancing act between British India and the modernizing pressures filtering in from Ottoman and Persian reformers. His coinage was struck at the Kabul mint, which operated with inconsistent equipment and variable planchet preparation — accounting for the uneven surfaces and off-center strikes that appear with some regularity across this type. The .1 variety designation distinguishes this issue from later die modifications within the same reign.