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1 Rupee - Farrukhsiyar Akbarabad mint
| Issuer | Mughal Empire |
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| Year | 1712-1716 |
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| Currency | Rupee (1540-1842) |
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| Obverse description | Hammered silver flan bearing a three-line Persian couplet in bold Nasta'liq script within the central field, reading 'sikka zad az fazl-i haqq bar sim o zar / badshah-i bahr o bar Farrukhsiyar,' proclaiming the emperor Farrukhsiyar's sovereignty over land and sea. The regnal year in AH numerals (1124) appears in the lower portion of the field. The legends are disposed in curvilinear registers characteristic of Mughal rupee design, with the text occupying the full flan. Floral or ornamental dots serve as decorative separators between the lines of inscription. The overall style reflects the refined calligraphic tradition of the Mughal imperial mint. |
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| Reverse description | Hammered silver flan with a three-line Persian legend in Nasta'liq script occupying the central field, reading 'sana-i julus-i maimant-manus / zarb Akbarabad / mustaqarr al-mulk,' identifying the mint city of Akbarabad (modern Agra) with its honorific epithet 'Abode of the Kingdom.' The regnal year (RY) appears in the lower field. Decorative pellets or floral ornaments punctuate the interlinear spaces, consistent with standard Mughal hammered coinage practice. The legends fill the flan to its edges in the characteristic broad, flat style of early eighteenth-century Mughal minting. The coin's surface shows the natural flow lines and slight irregularities inherent to the hand-hammered technique. |
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| Mintage | 1124 (1712) - RY#1 - 1125 (1713) - RY#2 - 1126 (1714) - RY#2 - 1126 (1714) - RY#3 - 1127 (1715) - RY#3 - 1127 (1715) - RY#4 - 1128 (1716) - RY#4 - 1128 (1716) - RY#5 - |
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