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1 Rupee - Ahmad Shah Anwala mint
| Issuer | Afghanistan |
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| Year | 1760 |
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| Weight | 11.13 g |
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| Obverse description | Hammered silver field bearing the Persian couplet 'Auj mahi ta bamah' arranged in multiple curved lines of Arabic script across the coin's face. The inscription, praising Ahmad Shah Durrani, is rendered in a bold nastaliq style typical of Durrani-era coinage. The legend fills the entire field in characteristic concentric arc formation, with no border or decorative motif beyond the calligraphic text. The flan is irregular and slightly uneven, consistent with hand-struck production of the period. |
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| Obverse lettering | اوج ماهی تا بامه |
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Ahmad Shah Durrani established the Anwala mint — located in present-day northern India within his expanding empire — as part of a broader strategy of asserting Durrani authority across conquered territories following the decisive Afghan victory at Panipat in 1761. Coins struck at subsidiary mints like Anwala served as a practical instrument of political consolidation, pushing Durrani silver into circulation across regions that had long used Mughal coinage.
KM#228 encompasses multiple mint attributions, and Anwala-struck examples are among the less frequently encountered in the series.