Summary

1 Dam coin, issued by Taimur Shah as King in Kashmir; then under rule from Afghanistan
Hammered copper coinage struck at the Kashmir mint in the period 1199-1201 AH (1784-1787 AD)
See also: Kashmir, India

Obverse Description

Inscription in Persian, mostly off flan or not struck up (Valentine gives: Taimur Shah durrani sikka falus (AH date))

Reverse Description

Inscription in Persian, mostly off flan or not struck up; Regnal year at top and partly off flan, 12 or 13 (Valentine gives: Zarb Kashmir Sanat (Regnal year))

Edge Description

Plain

Significance

At the time this coin was struck, Kashmir was controlled by Afghanistan. The coins were however struck in Kashmir at the Kashmir mint. Kashmir was taken from Afghan control by the Sikhs in 1819 and from them by the British in 1845. A year later it and Jamu were sold to Gulab Singh for 3/4 million pound sterling.

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