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1 Rupee - Mahmud Shah Herat Mint
| Issuer | Afghanistan |
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| Year | 1802-1805 |
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| Value | 1 Rupee |
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| Obverse script | Arabic |
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| Reverse description | Multi-line Arabic script inscription disposed across the field within a linear rectangular cartouche, recording the mint name Herat and the regnal or Hijri date. The lower portion of the field features a sweeping calligraphic flourish characteristic of the Durrani mint style. A dotted border runs along the inner periphery of the coin, and the irregular flan edge is consistent with hand-struck production. The date of 1218 AH (circa 1803-1804 AD) appears as part of the legend. |
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Mahmud Shah's first reign over Afghanistan lasted only from 1800 to 1803, when his brother Shuja ul-Mulk seized the throne. These rupees straddle that dynastic rupture — some struck while Mahmud held Kabul, others after he retreated to Herat and continued issuing coinage as a regional claimant rather than a sovereign of the whole Durrani Empire. The Herat mint designation is therefore not incidental; it marks a political fracture.