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1 Paisa - Mir Mehboob Ali Khan
| Issuer | Hyderabad Mint |
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| Year | 1869-1911 |
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| Weight | 11.30 g |
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| Reverse script | Arabic |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Mir Mehboob Ali Khan ascended to the throne of Hyderabad in 1869 at roughly four years old, ruling under a regency until 1884. The coinage issued across his reign reflects the Nizam's status as the wealthiest individual on earth by several contemporary accounts — Hyderabad operated its own mint, currency, railways, and postal system entirely independent of British monetary infrastructure, despite being a princely state under paramountcy.
The copper paisa series ran across an unusually long window given the Nizam's death in 1911, meaning examples struck near the end of the reign show markedly different die workmanship from those produced under the regency period.