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C. J. Rodgers— On the Coins of the Sikhs. 
[No. 1, 
No. 55 is a copper coin with the Persian inscription on obverse of 
fig. 1, PI. Y. On the reverse it has also “ Jalus Zarh Sri Amritsar ” 1897 S. 
No. 56 has apparently the same on obverse as No. 55. But on reverse 
it has (Zarh) Kashmir , Sri Akdl . 1899 S. 
No. 57 is the same as 55, with other words of the inscription not in 55, 
and on obverse the year 1881 S. 
No. 58 is a rude coin with bold letters on it which are a perfect jumble. 
It is supposed to be the produce of a village mint. 
No. 59, PI. IX is an ordinary pice to look at, at first. But its inscrip¬ 
tions are extraordinary and inexplicable. I have given four sketches of 
it. Nos, 60, 61, 62 are the same coin : “ Akdl devaki danaj” is certainly 
the inscription. Devaki is a name of a man and danaj means a dragon.* 
On Nos. 63, 64, 65, the same name comes in Persian with “ Akdl Guru 
Nanak ji” in Gurmukhi letters. The reverses of all are just the ordinary 
Amritsar ones. No one can enlighten me as to the meaning of Devaki or 
danaj. 
No. 66 has “ Akal Salidi” in Gurmukhi and Yak faids in Persian both 
on one side. The other side is a smudge, but it has the leaf and therefore 
the mint name was there once. 
No. 67. Obverse “ Akdl Nanak ji.” Reverse “ Zarh i Khitta i Kash¬ 
mir 1789” or rather 20789 which are most extraordinary dates, f There is 
small flag over khitta. 
No. 68 is a most extraordinary production. In the middle of a 
peculiar star is the word Ncinak in Persian characters. On the other side 
round a leaf is “ Zarh i Dish” (or something like this, perhaps it is Datha — 
it is obscure) nkot.” The date 1894 S. 
No. 69 is somewhat obscure. It contains only the ends of words. 
They however have not occurred on any we have yet looked at. “ Gat” is 
the end of one. Some suppose that it is the end of Guru Angad’s name. 
The device on the reverse is new, a circle with four spikes in it. The date 
looks all right, but it gives no help and it is in Arabic figures 1729. If 
however the figures are intended for Gurmukhi ones, there is a slight 
muddle. 
No. 70 is equally obscure. The one word plain on it is “ Dheg.” 
What the rest means I do not pretend to tell. Some learned Panjabis say, 
* [Devati is the name of a woman; Krishna’s mother was called so. The inscrip¬ 
tion is probably incomplete, as shown by the absence of the final dl in the first line ; 
the last line probably ended in ji (as in NdnaJcji). Ed.] 
f [It should he observed, however, that 2078 is in a separate place from 9, and 
that by the side of 9 there is a trace of another number, apparently 5. So that 2078 
and 95 Avould seem to he two distinct dates, of which 95 (*. e ., S. 1895) would he very 
appropriate. Ed.] 
