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1 Rupee - Munassar 15mm CM on KM#458
| Issuer | Qu'aiti Sultanate |
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| Year | 1890 |
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| Weight | 11.66 g |
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| Obverse script | Latin/Arabic |
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| Mintage | 1307 (1890) 1840 - ١٣٠٧ |
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The Qu'aiti Sultanate of Shihr and Mukalla, occupying the eastern Hadhramaut coast of present-day Yemen, routinely countermarked circulating Indian rupees rather than striking independent coinage — a practical solution for a small polity without minting infrastructure. The "Munassar 15mm" countermark on this KM#458 host (a British India rupee) served to validate and localize currency for internal use, a common practice among the Hadhramaut sultanates through the late nineteenth century.
KM#458 places the host coin as a Victoria rupee of the Bombay or Calcutta mint series.