1 Falus Qandahar

Issuer City of Qandahar (Afghan Cities)
Year 1648
Type Standard circulation coin
Value 1 Falus (1⁄64)
Currency Local Rupees (1747-1891)
Composition Copper
Weight 9.19 g
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Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
Orientation
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In circulation to
Reference(s) Album Islamic#3253 , Val CCMS#Pg 171, #4 , KM#81 , Zeno cat#5448
Obverse description Lion facing left with a Sun rising across its back.
Obverse script
Obverse lettering صرب فلوس قندهر ۱۰۵۸
(Translation: Fulus Struck in Qandahar 1058)
Reverse description Stephen Album`s Checklist of Islamic Coins designates this coin as Common (`C`). Album also notes that some examples of this coin `…are struck on flans formed by folding a thin sheet of copper two or more times. The copper sheets are said to have been cut from old cooking pots, but I regard that as a spurious explanation` Valentine also has an illustrated example of this coin (Pg. 171 #4) in the Afghanistan section of book. There is a discussion on how the calligraphy of the numbers is slightly different on this coin here.
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Mint قندهر
Kandahar, Afghanistan
Mintage 1058 (1648) - -
Numisquare ID 3429502510
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