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| Issuer | Awadh |
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| Year | 1819 |
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| Value | 1 Rupee |
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| Obverse lettering | غازی الدین حیدر بادشاه |
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| Mintage | 1234 (1819) - RY#26 |
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Ghazi ud-din Haidar's assumption of the title "King of Awadh" in 1819 was itself a transaction — the East India Company conferred the royal style in exchange for territorial and financial concessions, effectively purchasing loyalty with a crown. Coinage issued that year marks the formal break from Mughal nominal sovereignty, under which Awadh's nawabs had technically struck coins in the Mughal emperor's name for generations.
The Lucknow mint operated under company oversight by this period, its output tightly bound to British commercial interests in the region.