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1 Rupee - Zaman Shah Ahmadshahi
| Issuer | Afghanistan |
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| Year | 1797-1800 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse description | The reverse displays a multi-line Persian legend in Nasta'liq script contained within a linear circle, set against a plain hammered field. The inscription records the mint name Ahmadshahi with its honorific epithet 'Ashrafu-l-bilad' (Most Noble of the Cities), together with the Hijri date and the regnal year of Zaman Shah's reign. The legend reads 'Zarb 5 Ashrafu-l-bilad Ahmad Shahi,' indicating the regnal year numeral and the mint epithet. The flan is characteristically irregular in shape, as is typical of hand-struck Durrani rupees of this period. The engraving is bold but slightly uneven, reflecting the hand-hammered production technique. |
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| Mintage | 1211 (1797) - Regnal year 4 - 1212 (1798) - Regnal year 5 - 1213 (1799) - Regnal year 5 - 1214 (1800) - Regnal year 6 - |
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Zaman Shah Durrani's hold on the Afghan throne was precarious from the start — he spent much of his reign suppressing rebellions by his own brothers while simultaneously attempting to project power toward the Punjab and Kashmir. These rupees were struck across multiple mints as part of that assertion of legitimacy, the Ahmadshahi coinage tradition inherited from his grandfather Ahmad Shah Durrani, founder of the Durrani Empire. Zaman Shah was blinded and deposed by his brother Mahmud in 1801, making his coinage window extremely narrow.