Sikh Empire, Nimak Mint, Silver Nanakshahi Rupee , VS 1905, Bold Strike, Obv: "nanak shahi" couplet, Rev: sana julus zarb, 11.10g, 23.72mm, (Herrli # 03.01.04, KM # 88), choice extremely fine, Extremely Rare.

These Nimak Rupees have proved rather enigmatic ever since Rodgers wrote about them. He read the ‘mintname on these coins as nimak, which means salt and attributed the rupees to a mint at Pind Dadan Khan, a town at the foot of the Salt Range. This reading was noted with some scepticism as having the name of a commodity as a mintname would be most unusual. Nevertheless, Jyoti Rai in ONS 143 demonstrated that the British had requested the Lahore Durbar to establish a mint at Pind Dadan Khan for the recoining of light-weight Afghan Rupees which were circulating in the area. This mint was in operation from October 1847 to late 1848 which corresponds with the dates found on the "Nimak" Rupees.