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1 Rupee - Shah Jahan Ahmadabad mint
| Issuer | Mughal Empire |
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| Year | 1634-1656 |
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| Composition | Silver |
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| Obverse description | The obverse bears the Kalima (Islamic declaration of faith) in bold naskh/nastaliq Arabic script across the central field, reading 'La ilaha illa Allah Muhammad rasul Allah' (There is no god but Allah, Muhammad is the messenger of Allah). Below, a second line names the four Rightly Guided Caliphs: Abu Bakr, Umar, Uthman, and Ali. The legends fill the entire circular field without a border, in the characteristic Mughal hammered style. This particular example shows a centrally pierced hole, a common post-mint alteration indicating use as jewelry or adornment. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse displays the imperial titles and mint name of Emperor Shah Jahan in bold nastaliq Arabic script arranged in three horizontal registers across the field. The uppermost line bears the epithet 'Sahib Qiran Thani' (Lord of the Auspicious Conjunction, the Second), followed by the full royal name and titles 'Shihabuddin Muhammad Shah Jahan Badshah Ghazi', and concluding with the mint name 'Zarb Ahmadabad' (Struck at Ahmadabad). The bold, deeply struck lettering is characteristic of Mughal imperial coinage from this mint, with the legends filling the circular flan to its edges. |
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Shah Jahan standardized Mughal coinage more rigorously than any predecessor, imposing strict weight and fineness controls across all provincial mints. The Ahmadabad mint — one of the most productive in the empire, drawing on Gujarat's commercial wealth — struck rupees continuously through his reign, which means examples from this period are not scarce. What narrows collector interest is regnal year and mint epithet: Shah Jahan assigned Persian poetic couplets to individual years, and certain year-epithet combinations from Ahmadabad are substantially harder to locate than others.