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1 Rupee - Ayub Shah Ahmadshahi mint
| Issuer | Afghanistan |
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| Year | 1819-1820 |
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| Value | 1 Rupee |
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| Reverse description | The mint name 'Ahmadshahi' appears prominently in the central field, enclosed within a circular cartouche and surrounded by the Kalimah (Islamic declaration of faith) rendered in flowing nasta'liq Arabic script. Additional inscriptions denoting the regnal year occupy the lower register. The legend is distributed in multiple lines around the central mint designation, bordered by a plain or lightly decorated rim. The overall composition is characteristic of Sadozai Durrani coinage struck at the Ahmadshahi mint. |
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| Mint | Ahmadshahi mint (Kandahar) |
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Struck at the Ahmadshahi mint in Qandahar during the reign of Ayub Shah, this rupee belongs to one of the most turbulent successions in Durrani history. Ayub Shah briefly held Kabul against his brother Mahmud Shah in a dynastic contest that had already consumed the Sadozai line for decades. His coinage is scarce precisely because his hold on the western mints was intermittent — Qandahar changed hands more than once during this period, and production was neither continuous nor stable.