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Indian Rupee counterstamped Victoria
| Issuer | Obock Territory (1862-1896) |
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| Year | 1892-1914 |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Obverse description | Effigy of Queen Victoria facing left, rendered in high relief with a diademed and veiled bust. The portrait is encircled by the legend VICTORIA QUEEN along the periphery. Applied to the coin's field is a merchant counterstamp in Arabic script reading 'Abd al-Latif Sani' al-Fidda bi-Jibuti' (Abd al-Latif, silversmith of Djibouti), identifying the individual who authorized or authenticated the coin for local commercial circulation. The counterstamp is incuse and rectangular in form, applied at a position within the obverse field. |
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| Obverse lettering | VICTORIA QUEEN عبد لطيف صانع الفضَّة بجيبوتي (Translation: Abd (al) Latif Silver Maker in Djibouti) |
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| Reverse lettering | EAST INDIA COMPANY ONE RUPEE 1840 |
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