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1 Rupee
| Issuer | Sikh Empire |
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| Year | 1784 |
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| Value | 1 Rupee |
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| Obverse script | Persian (Nasta'liq) |
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| Reverse description | The reverse presents Persian-Nasta'liq inscriptions arranged in three horizontal registers divided by raised linear borders, consistent with Mughal-style rupee coinage as adapted by the Sikh Empire at Anandgarh mint. The central band prominently displays the Hijri date numerals, here corresponding to 1198 AH (1784 CE), rendered in bold relief. The upper and lower segments contain additional legends and decorative foliate motifs that fill the curved field. The flan, typical of hammered production, is slightly irregular and exhibits natural die stress lines. The engraving style reflects the late 18th-century provincial Punjabi coinage tradition, maintaining the Mughal epigraphic formula while attributing issue to Sikh authority. |
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The Sikh Empire's rupee coinage presents a persistent dating problem: most issues carry the frozen regnal year of Ranjit Singh's nominal predecessor, making the struck year on the coin essentially meaningless as a production date. KM#30 is no exception. Coins of this type were struck across a broad span of the early empire, with the Lahore mint producing them in enormous, largely undifferentiated runs.
Ranjit Singh consolidated control of Lahore in 1799 and subsequently monopolized silver coinage as a direct instrument of political unification across the Punjab.