1 Anna - Mir Usman Ali Khan 1356-1361 (1937-1942)

Weight

3.7 g

Diameter

NA

Thickness

1.40 mm

Material

Copper-nickel

Shape

Square with rounded corners

Edge Type

Plain

Technique

Milled

Front design

Tughra: 92, Asaf Jah Nizam Al-Mulk Bahadur 1 Anna in 3 languages on 3 corners AH date on bottom right corner

Back design

Denomination in the center. Legend in Urdu ' Sikka Usmania, Ek Anna' surrounds

Year of Minting

1356-1361 (1937-1942)

Ruling authority

Mir Osman Ali Khan ( 1911-1948 )

Mint location

NA

Mint mark

NA

Orientation

Medal alignment ↑↑

Inscriptions

Obverse: 1 Anna ٩٢ ١٣۵٦ Reverse: ١

Context

- 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.

Rarity

Common

Coin type

Standard circulation

In circulation

No

Demonetized

Yes

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