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1 Rupee - Qaisar Qandahar mint
| Issuer | Qandahar, City of |
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| Year | 1804 |
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| Value | 1 Rupee |
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| Reverse description | Reverse field bears bold, flowing Arabic calligraphic inscriptions arranged in sweeping registers across the flan, characteristic of the Durrani dynastic coinage of Afghanistan. The legends, struck in high relief, contain the regnal formula and dating elements, surrounded by floral or foliate decorative motifs in the field. The beaded border encircles the entire design, consistent with the hammered silver rupee tradition of the Qandahar mint. The irregular planchet edges reflect hand-cut flan preparation typical of this emission. Overall execution displays the vigorous, somewhat rustic style associated with provincial Afghan minting practice of the early nineteenth century. |
| Reverse script | Arabic |
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Qandahar operated as a semi-autonomous mint city during the fracturing of Durrani Afghan power in the early nineteenth century, and coins struck here in this period reflect that instability — local governors asserting monetary authority as Kabul's grip weakened following the death of Zaman Shah and the fratricidal struggles among his successors. The "Qaisar" attribution on this type refers to a local honorific, not a separately governed polity, making the issuing authority somewhat contested among specialists.
KM#148 is thinly documented in auction records, which likely reflects genuine scarcity rather than collector indifference.