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1 Rupee - Aurangzeb Ahmadabad mint
| Issuer | Mughal Empire |
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| Year | 1659-1708 |
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| Value | 1 Rupee |
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| Obverse script | Arabic |
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| Reverse lettering | احمد آباد |
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| Additional information |
Aurangzeb's rupees present a documentary puzzle: he reigned 49 years, ran dozens of active mints, and yet die-matching across his enormous silver output remains poorly systematized. The Ahmadabad mint — one of Gujarat's principal commercial centers — served trade routes connecting the interior to major port activity at Surat, meaning these coins circulated hard through merchant hands rather than sitting in treasury hoards.
Aurangzeb eventually ordered the removal of the kalima from Mughal coinage in the 1660s, a religiously motivated decision that creates a meaningful internal chronology within his long reign — a rare case where theology directly dates a coin type.