HYDERABAD: Mir Mahbub Ali Khan, 1868-1911, AE 1 anna, Hyderabad Farkhanda Bunyad, AH1303 year 20, transitional pattern issue, inscribed yek anna (one anna) in the obverse center, light environmetal damage, likely unique! PCGS graded Specimen details, RRRR, ex Hurmuz Kaus Collection. Although hand-struck, this rare type was produced on a well-manufactured round flan with clear, complete impressions of the dies. It is part of a rare transitional series in circulation from 1303-1305, produced by mintmaster Nawab Daulath Yar Jung. This example is the same as published in an article in Spink & Sons Monthly Numismatic Circular, Volumes 65-66, 1957. A copy of the article is included.
