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Nisfi - Akbar Narnol mint
| Issuer | Mughal Empire |
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| Year | 1559-1566 |
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| Weight | 10.6 g |
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| Reverse description | Reverse displays the AH regnal year inscribed in large Eastern Arabic numerals centrally placed within the field, with additional Arabic legends surrounding. The numeral ۹۷۳ (973 AH, corresponding to 1566 CE) is prominently struck. The die is characteristic of the Narnol mint output under Akbar, with an irregular flan edge and plain edge treatment. |
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| Mint | Narnol |
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The Narnol mint operated under Akbar during the years when his administration was still consolidating control over the former Sur dynasty territories in the Punjab and Haryana region. Narnol itself sat on a significant trade route, and its mint activity in this period reflects deliberate Mughal policy of reactivating local coinage infrastructure rather than centralizing all copper production — a practical concession to regional commerce that predates Akbar's later monetary reforms of the 1570s.