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1 Rupee - Shah Jahan Tatta mint
| Issuer | Mughal Empire |
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| Year | 1629-1659 |
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| Weight | 11.31 g |
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| Obverse description | Central field bears the Kalima Shahada inscribed in three horizontal registers of Nasta'liq Arabic script, reading 'La ilaha illallah Muhammad rasul Allah' (There is no god but God, Muhammad is the messenger of God). The AH regnal date is inscribed in the lower register. The legend is set within a plain circular border, with the entire design characteristic of Mughal hammered coinage. The script is bold and deeply struck, filling the flan. |
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| Obverse lettering | لا إله إلا الله محمد رسول الله |
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Shah Jahan's reign saw the rupee reach its most consistent standard of the Mughal period — silver purity held close to 96%, a discipline enforced through systematic assay that his predecessors had allowed to slip. Tatta, situated near the mouth of the Indus in Sindh, was one of the empire's busiest commercial ports and a natural location for a productive mint serving the maritime trade flowing through the region.
The Tatta mint designation distinguishes this piece from the far more common Surat and Agra issues of the same reign.