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1 Paisa - Muhammad Shah Rikabgunj mint
| Issuer | Hyderabad-Elichpur Feudatory |
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| Value | 1 Paisa (1⁄64) |
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| Obverse script | Arabic |
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| Reverse description | The reverse displays a multi-line Persian legend in Nastaliq script, identifying the Rikabgunj mint and incorporating the distinctive Zulfiqar mint mark — a double-bladed or bifurcated sword device — together with the regnal year (RY 5). The inscription is arranged in horizontal registers across the flan, with dot ornaments in the field. The overall style and execution are typical of the locally produced hammered copper paisa coinage of the Hyderabad-Elichpur feudatory. |
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Elichpur — also spelled Ellichpur, now Achalpur in Maharashtra — was one of the more obscure taluqdari states operating under Hyderabad's residency system, with its coinage authority existing in a legal grey zone that the Nizam's administration periodically tolerated rather than formally sanctioned. The Rikabgunj mint is poorly documented in the standard references, and attribution of pieces to it relies heavily on comparative die work rather than archival confirmation.