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1 Rupee Second Sikh Occupation
| Issuer | Sikh Empire |
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| Year | 1849 |
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| Currency | Rupee (1711-1849) |
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| Reverse description | Horizontal dividing line bisects the flan, with Gurmukhi legend disposed above and below identifying the issuing state. Additional decorative strokes and pellets fill the field. The hammered strike produces a characteristically uneven surface with die-shift visible across the design, typical of late Sikh imperial coinage of the Second Occupation period. |
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| Edge | Plain or Reeded (varieties exist) |
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The Second Sikh Occupation coinage of 1849 was struck during the final weeks before the Punjab was formally annexed by the East India Company following the British victory at the Battle of Gujrat in February of that year. By the time these pieces entered circulation, the Sikh Empire had effectively ceased to exist — Maharaja Duleep Singh was deposed in March, and the Punjab became a British province. Gold pieces of this fractional weight from this terminal issue are rarely encountered, existing at the intersection of a collapsing state and an occupying administration with little interest in perpetuating native coinage.