4 Annas - Mir Usman Ali Khan

4 Annas - Mir Usman Ali Khan - obverse4 Annas - Mir Usman Ali Khan - reverse

© Joseph Kunnappally

Features

Issuer Princely state of Hyderabad
Ruling authority Mir Osman Ali Khan (1911-1948)
Type Standard circulation coin
Years 1337-1358 (1919-1939)
Calendar Islamic (Hijri)
Value 4 Annas (¼)
Currency Rupee (1762-1950)
Composition Silver (.818)
Weight 2.794 g
Diameter 20 mm
Shape Round
Technique Milled
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
48494
References Y# 51
Richard S. Yeoman, Arthur L. Friedberg; 2007. A Catalog of Modern World Coins : 1850-1964 (14th edition). Whitman Publishing Company, Atlanta, United States.
And 1 more volumes.

Obverse

CharMinar (FourMinarets) gateway
Legend in Urdu :92 Asaf Jah (top), bahadur (left) Nizam Al-Mulk (right). 'Ain' (Urdu alphabet for "O", initial of "Osman" in the doorway). AH date below gateway

Lettering:
٩٢
۱۳۴۲

Translation: 92 (numerical representation of the word 'Muhammad') Asaf Jah, brave ruler of the realm (AH) 1342

Reverse

Inside circle, value in Urdu
Outside circle, legend in Urdu:"14 Julus Maimanat Manus Zarb Farkhanda Bunyad - Hyderabad"

Lettering: ١۴

Translation:
Two annas
Struck at Farkhanda bunyad, Hyderabad, in the (RY) 14th year of tranquil prosperity

Edge

Reeded

Comments

- His Exalted Highness Nizam Sir Mir Osman Ali Khan Siddiqi Asaf Jah VII , born Mir Osman Ali Khan Bahadur , was the last Nizam (or ruler) of the Princely State of Hyderabad and of Berar. He ruled Hyderabad between 1911 and 1948, until it was annexed by India.
 Later he was made the Rajpramukh of Hyderabad State on 26 January 1950 and continued until 31 October 1956, after which the state was partitioned on a linguistic basis and became part of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Maharashtra.
During his days as Nizam, he was reputed to be the richest man in the world, having a fortune estimated at US $2 billion in the early 1940s ($33.8 billion today) or 2 per cent of the US economy then. At that time the treasury of the newly independent Union government of India reported annual revenue of US $1 billion only. He was portrayed on the cover of TIME magazine on 22 February 1937, described as the world's richest man. The Nizam is widely believed to have remained as the richest man in South Asia until his death in 1967, though his fortunes fell to US$1 billion by then and became a subject of multiple legal disputes between bitterly fighting rival descendants.

- For location of date and RY (see image below)

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC Frequency
1337 (1919)  15% Year 9
1340 (1922)  5% Year 11
1342 (1924)  19% Year 13
1342 (1924)  13% Year 14
1348 (1930)  16% Year 19
1351 (1933)  10% Year 22
1354 (1935)  21% Year 25
1358 (1939)  11% Year 30

Frequencies show the percentage of Numista users who own each year or variety among all the users who own this coin. Since some users own several versions, the sum may be greater than 100%.

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Country: India
Languages: English Hindi
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