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[N.S.] 



<*hazi instead of above and in the last years of the mint in the 

 middle instead of on the righUh&nd side of the obverse. 



The half rupees were struck from the same die as the 

 rupee and bear almost always very fragmentary inscriptions. 



The metal of which these coins are composed are of vary- 

 ing touch. Without having made any analyses, I may record 

 my impression from observation that the older coins contain a 

 larger proportion of pure silver than the latter, particularly 

 those minted during the British regime. But analyses were 

 made in the past by the Assay Office at Bombay and the Assay 

 reports seem to prove that the British minted rupees of 

 Ahmadabad were of higher touch than the Maratha rupees. 



The rupees vary much as regards mint marks and this ia 

 important enough to be treated later separately and in detail. 



Copper.— Copper coins are not numerous, but there are at 

 least three types minted at three different periods. 

 Type A~— Period 1170—1171 a.h. App. 2a. 



wt. Ill OTS. 



Obverse. Beverse. 



j* 



u 



r 



; Ux 



number. 



rf° 



Mubarak on the reverse is a ten- 

 tative reading, the stroke form- 

 ing base of the kaf being alone 

 visible. 



Type £.— Period 1231 — 1232 a.h. App. 47a. and 49«.6. 



wts. 127— 118 grs. 



Obverse. Reverse. 



» »uyi 



S 



date I 



;**- 



***** 



number 



V 



Uf *♦*! 



