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1 Tilla - Muhammed Zahir Shah
| Issuer | Afghanistan |
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| Year | 1934 |
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| Weight | 6 g |
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| Obverse script | Arabic |
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| Reverse description | The reverse displays the Afghan national emblem at centre: a domed mosque or mihrab flanked by two Afghan flags on staffs, all set within a wreath of wheat ears that curve upward from a tied base at the bottom. The Arabic denomination inscription 'طلا یک' (one tilla) appears above the central device near the upper rim. The date in Eastern Arabic-Indic numerals '١٣١٣' (1313 AH) is inscribed below the central device, and the legend 'افغانستان' (Afghanistan) appears along the lower rim within or below the wreath tie. |
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Zahir Shah took the Afghan throne in November 1933 following the assassination of his father Nadir Shah, ascending at nineteen years old under the effective control of his uncles. This tilla was struck in the early months of that reign, when the royal family was consolidating power after a decade of near-continuous dynastic violence that had seen three rulers deposed or killed since 1919.
The tilla denomination traces its weight standard to Mughal-era gold coinage, though by the 1930s it functioned more as a prestige issue than a circulating trade piece.