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in the market, owing to the fact that they contain the Kalimah on one 
side. The inscriptions are thus— 
Obverse of all :—Alcdl Sahai, Guru JVanate Ji devices various. 
Reverse :—“ Jarb Sri Ambratsar ji ” and date, device a leaf. In 
No. 40 every letter is perfect. The dies of the rupees must have been as 
large as these large coins. No. 41 is a smaller sized one, of less weight, 
but with the same inscription, weight 175 grs. 
No. 42, PI. VIII is a bilingual coin in copper with a variety of the 
previous inscription. It reads obverse :—“ Baba Nanak ji Saha.” Reverse : 
—“ Yah falus" in Persian. Baba = padri is the term of endearment 
whereby the Guru is known amongst his followers. The date on this 
coin in Arabic figures is apparently 1900 S.; weight 153 grs. 
No. 43 has the same inscriptions, mutilated in Gurmukhi and with 
ornaments on the Persian side, 
Nos. 44, 45, 46 are obverses of small coins struck in Amritsar. They 
have in them the inscription of the copper coins of PI. VII. Their devices 
are respectively a katar and a flag. 
No. 47 is the reverse of an Amritsar coin. It has “ Jarb Sri Abratsar" 
on it. The m is omitted. With the leaf is a star or thorn. 
No. 48 has on the obverse the inscription on rupees fig. 26 &c. Reverse 
is “ Pao ana i Nanak Shahi,” a quarter anna of the Nanak Shah. The 
Jdo ana is not on this specimen, but on one I got while this paper was in 
hand. 
No. 49 has a similar obverse with date 1896 S, over the Panjabi word 
san = year. The date is repeated on the reverse, above a leaf which is 
surrounded by beads. There are remains of words which indicate that 
spelling was not a strong point with the Sikhs. It was struck at Derajat. 
But there is an ain (^) introduced. 
No. 50 is a coin of the same parts. It is given only in the reverse. 
Inscription is “ Zdrb i Jera ” (jat.) 
No. 51 is noteworthy as having two leaves on the obverse with the 
inscription going round them. It has also the same inscription repeated 
on the other side of the coin. 
No. 52 has the usual obverse inscription. But the reverse one goes 
round a leaf and is Jarb Amr a (tsar), which is the only place where the 
name of their capital is spelt correctly. 
No. 53 is a coin of which I regret I have as yet met no large full 
sized one. On the obverse it has the usual inscription. But on the reverse 
it has “ khalasa ji, jarb Ambratsar ji" round a leaf. It was therefore 
struck by the Khalasa or Khalsa. Weight 178 grs. 
No. 54 is an ordinary coin as to inscriptions. Bub the figure of a lion 
shows that it is one of Slier Singh's. The Sikhs never were great artists. 
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