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1 Paisa - Sikh Empire
| Issuer | Sikh Empire |
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| Year | 1822-1830 |
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| Weight | 9.1 g |
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| Reverse description | A multi-line Persian or Gurmukhi legend occupies the central field, struck in low relief across the irregular flan. The inscription, characteristic of Sikh imperial coinage of the Lahore mint series, is rendered in a bold but somewhat crude hand consistent with hammered provincial issues of the early nineteenth century. The legend fills the available field with no decorative border, and the margins are irregular due to the hand-struck nature of the planchet. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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The Sikh Empire's copper paisa coinage was struck at numerous local mints operating under varying degrees of central oversight from Lahore, which is why KM#7.18 carries a specific mint identifier within a series that sprawls across dozens of catalogued varieties. Ranjit Singh's administration never fully standardized copper — silver was the prestige metal, and small denomination coinage was largely left to regional minting conventions inherited from earlier Mughal and Durrani practice.
Die alignment and flan preparation vary considerably across this series, a direct consequence of decentralized production.