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1 Rupee - Shah Jahan Akbarnagar
| Issuer | Mughal Empire (India) |
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| Year | 1628-1636 |
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| Value | 1 Rupee |
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| Reverse description | The reverse displays the imperial titles and name of the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan in multiple lines of Nasta'liq script filling the entire field. The legend reads 'Sahib-i-Qiran Sani Shihab ud-Din Muhammad Shah Jahan Badshah Ghazi,' identifying the emperor by his full regnal titulature. The Hijri date AH 1040 (corresponding to 1631 CE) is inscribed within the legend. The bold, densely packed calligraphy is typical of early Shah Jahan-period rupees struck at provincial mints, with no decorative border. |
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| Mintage | 1037 (1628) - - 1038 (1629) - - 1038 (1629) - - 1040 (1631) - RY # 5 - 1041 (1631) - - 1042 (1632) - - 1043 (1633) - - 1046 (1636) - - |
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Shah Jahan founded Akbarnagar — present-day Rajshahi in Bangladesh — as a mint city early in his reign, the name a deliberate homage to his great-grandfather Akbar. The rupee struck there belongs to the opening phase of his rule, before the administrative consolidations of the 1630s began rationalizing the sprawling Mughal mint network. Akbarnagar remained a relatively minor provincial facility, which directly accounts for the comparative scarcity of its output against issues from Agra or Surat.