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1 Paisa - Ranbir Singh Kashmir
| Issuer | Sikh Empire, Kashmir |
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| Year | 1834 |
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| Currency | Rupee (1711-1849) |
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| Reverse script | Arabic/Persian |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Ranbir Singh did not assume rule of Kashmir until 1857, making a coin attributed to his name in 1834 historically impossible — he would have been a child, and Kashmir was then governed under his father Gulab Singh's authority within the Sikh Empire's tributary structure. This piece almost certainly reflects a misattribution or a catalog dating error, as posthumous or retrospective attribution of issues to later rulers was not uncommon in 19th-century princely numismatics. The HHS reference series for Kashmir coppers is itself a contested classification, with many attributions revised in subsequent scholarship.