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1 Rupee - Muhammad Shah I Modern Concoction
| Issuer | Kishangarh, Princely state of |
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| Year | 1739 |
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| Currency | Rupee |
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| Reverse description | Central field features a prominent stylized tree or plant motif with pellet-form fruit or flowers, rendered in relief within a cartouche-like border, typical of Kishangarh princely state coinage. Bold Arabic legends in Naskh script appear in the upper margin and in a horizontal register below the central device, recording the mint name and additional regnal epithets. Dotted ornaments fill the subsidiary fields. A ruled line divides the lower inscription from the central motif. The design reflects the hybrid Mughal-Rajput artistic tradition characteristic of Kishangarh issues. |
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| Reverse lettering | کشن گره |
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The X# prefix in the Standard Catalog system designates this as a "fantasy" or non-contemporary fabrication — a piece struck or cast to resemble a genuine issue but produced well after the fact, almost certainly for the collector trade. Kishangarh was a minor Rajput state whose authentic coinage is genuinely scarce, making it a predictable target for modern fabricators exploiting that scarcity.
The 1739 date corresponds to the reign of the Mughal emperor Muhammad Shah, under whose nominal suzerainty Rajput states like Kishangarh issued currency. That historical plausibility is precisely what makes such concoctions effective as deceptions.