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1 Paisa - Maharaja Ranbir Singh Kashmir
| Issuer | Jammu and Kashmir, Princely State of |
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| Year | 1861-1874 |
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| Currency | Rupee (1346-1526) |
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| Obverse script | Arabic |
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| Reverse description | Persian legend in Nastaliq script reading 'Zarb Falus Srinagar' (meaning 'Falus struck at Srinagar') arranged across the central field. Decorative pellet ornaments are scattered throughout the field and along the border, consistent with the coinage style of Maharaja Ranbir Singh's copper issues. The lettering is bold and characteristic of the hand-struck dies used at the Srinagar mint during this period. |
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Ranbir Singh ruled Jammu and Kashmir from 1856 until his death in 1885, having inherited the throne from his father Gulab Singh — the Dogra chieftain who acquired Kashmir from the Sikh Empire for 7.5 million Nanakshahis under the Treaty of Amritsar in 1846. The princely state maintained its own coinage throughout his reign, a right jealously protected despite British paramountcy over the subcontinent. These copper issues circulated alongside heavier silver rupees in a local economy where the paisa denominations did the real daily work.