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1 Rupee - Governor Mihan Singh Kumedan Kashmir Mint
| Issuer | Sikh Empire |
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| Year | 1835-1841 |
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| Weight | 11.00 g |
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| Obverse lettering | Zarb Kashmir With Leaf Mintmark And Date |
| Reverse description | The reverse bears the celebrated Sikh religious and royal invocation in bold Persian calligraphic script, filling the entire field in multiple sweeping lines. The legend, invoking the blessings of Guru Nanak and Guru Gobind Singh, is accompanied by a sword (kirpan) and a circled shield mintmark, emblems central to Sikh iconography and sovereignty. Pellet ornaments are scattered throughout the field as decorative devices. The script is executed in a confident, flowing nasta'liq hand, typical of Sikh imperial coinage of the early nineteenth century. The irregular flan and variable die alignment are characteristic features of this hand-struck issue. |
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The Sikh Empire's Kashmir mint operated under a system of governors whose names appeared on coinage as a mark of local administrative authority — one of the more unusual conventions in South Asian numismatics, where the issuing sovereign's name typically dominated. Mihan Singh served as governor of Kashmir during this period, and his name on the rupee reflects the degree of administrative autonomy Lahore permitted its provincial appointments under Ranjit Singh and his immediate successors.
Kashmir changed hands violently after the First Anglo-Sikh War; the British sold the entire territory to Gulab Singh for 7.5 million Nanakshahi rupees under the 1846 Treaty of Amritsar, ending this mint's Sikh-administered coinage abruptly.