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1 Rupee
| Issuer | Ra's Bab al-Mandab |
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| Year | 1840 |
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| Composition | Silver (.917) |
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| Obverse lettering | VICTORIA QUEEN الشيخ سعيد في راس باب المندب (Translation: Victoria Queen Cheikh Saïd in Ra`s Bab al-Mandab) |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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Ra's Bab al-Mandab was a minor British-administered post at the southern entrance to the Red Sea, and this rupee circulates under that issuer designation as part of the broader East India Company coinage reorganization of 1840 — the same year the Company standardized the rupee across its Indian territories following the abolition of the old Presidency coinages. The KM#369.1 attribution places it within the Calcutta or Bombay striking of that transitional series rather than any locally produced issue.