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1 Rupee - Munassar 15mm Countermark on KM#473.1
| Issuer | Qu'aiti Sultanate |
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| Year | 1890 |
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| Value | 1 Rupee (1/2) |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
| Reverse lettering | ONE RUPEE INDIA 1862 |
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The Qu'aiti Sultanate of Shihr and Mukalla, operating out of what is now eastern Yemen, lacked its own mint and relied heavily on countermarked Maria Theresa Thalers and Indian rupees to assert fiscal authority over trade flowing through the Hadhramaut. The "Munassar 15mm" countermark — a small stamped device applied to circulating Indian rupees — identifies coins authorized for use within Qu'aiti-controlled territory during a period when the sultans were actively consolidating power against rival Kathiri claims.
KM#473.1 places the host coin as a British India rupee of the Victoria series. The countermark's application was crude by design; local stamping rather than formal minting kept costs low for a sultanate that signed its first formal protection agreement with Britain only in 1888.