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1 Paisa - Pir Hasan Khan Derajat
| Issuer | Sikh Empire (Pir Hasan Khan Derajat) |
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| Year | 1821-1839 |
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| Weight | 6.04 g |
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| Obverse description | Irregularly shaped hammered copper flan bearing multiple lines of Nastaliq Persian inscription arranged horizontally across the field, divided by a prominent horizontal band. The legends are rendered in a bold, cursive calligraphic style typical of provincial Sikh-era coinage, with individual letter forms clearly visible despite the crude strike. The overall design is purely epigraphic, with no figural or geometric ornamentation. |
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| Obverse script | Persian (Nastaliq) |
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The Derajat region, straddling the west bank of the Indus in what is now Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, operated under a semi-autonomous feudal arrangement within the Sikh Empire — local sardars retained the right to issue coin, a privilege the Lahore Durbar extended selectively as both reward and administrative convenience. Pir Hasan Khan held authority over Dera Ismail Khan and struck copper locally rather than relying on the imperial mints at Lahore or Amritsar.
The KM# 10.1 designation distinguishes this from at least one other paisa variety attributed to the same issuer, suggesting multiple die campaigns across the roughly eighteen-year emission window.