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Fals Countermark "Dangi zarb Bukhara"
| Issuer | City of Bukhara (Central Asian cities) |
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| Year | 832 (1429) |
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| Value | 1 Falus |
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| Obverse description | Countermark applied to the field of a hammered copper fals, bearing the Persian-script legend ضرب دانگی بخارا (zarb dangi Bukhara), meaning 'struck dangi of Bukhara,' arranged in multiple lines within a recessed punch impression at the centre of the flan. The countermark legend is clearly legible in raised Arabic script against the worn and porous surface of the host coin. The irregular flan exhibits the characteristic rough edges and uneven fabric typical of Central Asian hammered copper coinage of the Timurid period. The underlying host coin type is largely obliterated by the countermark and general wear, with only traces of the original design visible in the fields. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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The countermark "Dangi zarb Bukhara" — meaning roughly "dang struck at Bukhara" — was applied to existing copper fals to validate their continued circulation under local authority, a practice common across Timurid Central Asia when central mint production was irregular or politically contested. Bukhara operated with considerable municipal autonomy in monetary matters during the 1420s, and countermarked coins like this one reflect that administrative reality more honestly than any freshly struck issue could.
Album 3275 covers a range of these revalidated coppers, and attribution can be complicated by the variation in countermark placement and depth across surviving examples.