The Hyderabad State Rupee

The Princely State of Hyderabad was founded around 1724 when Mir Qamar-ud-Din, the Mughal Viceroy of the Deccan, assumed independence under the title of Asaf Jah and founded the dynasty of the Nizams of Hyderabad. In the post 1857 era, the State of Hyderabad was one of the largest Princely States in India and later came to be known as the 'Dominion of His Exalted Highness, the Nizam'.

The State which covered territories presently included in Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, and Karnataka was assimilated into the Indian Union in September 1948. In matters of currency and coinage, the coins of the Nizams were issued in the name of the Mughal Emperor till 1858 when a coin legend was introduced with the name of the founder of the state, Asaf Jha.

Thereafter, they were struck independently and the new coins were termed the 'Hali Sicca', i.e., the current coins. In 1903-04 coins were machine struck for the first time. These coins featured the Charminar on the obverse with Persian inscription Nizam-ul-mulk Bahadur Asaf Jah around it. The reverse carried the value. These coins confirmed to the British coins in denominations and metals.

Half Silver

Year: AH 1361 Reignal Year 32 [1942 CE]. 

Obverse: Farkhanda Bunyad - Haidarabad. 92 Asaf Jah (at the top). Nazim Al-Mulk (left anti-clockwise). Bahadur (right anti-clockwise).
Ain (Persian alphabet for O initial of Osman on the doorway). Chahar Minar structure in the center with date below.
Reverse: Numeral "1" Rupiyya. (One Rupee)
32 Julus Maimanat Manus Zarb Farkhanda Bunyad - Haidarbad [32 reignal year associated with prosperity, struck at Farkhanda Bunyad - Haidarabad] (outer circle).

Full Silver

Year: AH 1338 Reignal Year 9 sic [1919 CE]. 

Mint: Farkhanda Bunyad - Haidarabad.

Obverse: 92 Asaf-i-Jah (at the top). Nazim Al-Mulk (left anti-clockwise). Bahadur (right anti-clockwise). Mim (Persian alphabet for M  initial of Mahbub on the doorway). Chahar Minar structure in the center with date below.

Reverse: Yak Rupya [One Rupee] (in center circle). 9 Julus Maimanat Manus Zarb Farkhanda Bunyad - Haidarbad [9 reignal year associated with prosperity, struck at Farkhanda Bunyad - Haidarabad] (outer circle).