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1 Rupee - Ahmad Shah Bahadur Muhammadabad Banares mint
| Issuer | Mughal Empire |
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| Year | 1748-1754 |
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| Value | 1 Rupee |
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| Obverse description | The obverse displays the royal Persian-script legend in two horizontal bands separated by a ruled line, reading 'Sikka Mubarak Badshah Ghazi' with the regnal year AH 1166 inscribed above the upper band. A distinctive leaf mint mark appears below the date, serving as the identifying privy mark for the Muhammadabad Banares mint. The calligraphy is executed in the bold Naskh style typical of late Mughal coinage, filling the flan to its edges. The field shows the characteristic irregular shape of a hand-struck hammered coin. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse bears the Persian-script mint and regnal year formula arranged in two horizontal registers divided by a ruled line, reading 'Sana Julus Maimana Zarb Muhammadabad Banares'. The inscription records the regnal year of Ahmad Shah Bahadur's reign alongside the mint name, conforming to the standard Mughal rupee reverse format. The bold Naskh calligraphy is characteristic of mid-eighteenth-century Mughal hammered silver coinage, with the legend occupying nearly the entire coin surface within a plain border. |
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| Mintage | 1161 (1748) - RY#1 - 1162 (1749) - RY#1 - 1162 (1749) - RY#2 - 1163 (1750) - RY#2 - 1163 (1750) - RY#3 - 1164 (1751) - RY#3 - 1164 (1751) - RY#4 - 1165 (1752) - RY#4 - 1165 (1752) - RY#5 - 1166 (1753) - RY#5 - 1166 (1753) - RY#6 - 1167 (1754) - RY#6 - 1167 (1754) - RY#7 - |
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