India, British India, 1793-1797 AD., Bengal Presidency, in the name of Shah Alam II, Calcutta mint, 1 Rupee, KM 99.3.
India, British India, Bengal Presidency, in the name of Shah Alam II (1759-1788 and 1789-1806), mint: 'Murshidabad', struck at Calcutta, dated regnal year 19 (fictitious), struck 1793-7 AD.,
1 Rupee (ø 26,5 mm / 11,38 g), silver, axis medal alignment ↑↑ (0°), oblique milled //// edge with one circular punchmark at 7 o´clock (obverse view),
Obv.: … , Sikka Zad Bar Haft Kishwur Sayaye Fazl Shah Alam Badshah Elah Hami Din Mohammad , (“Defender of the Muhammadan faith, Reflection of Divine Excellence, the Emperor Shah Alam has stuck this coin to be current throughout the seven climes“) , in Persian script.
Rev.: … , Zarb Murshidabad Sanat 19 Julus Maimanet Manus , (“Stuck at Murshidabad in the 19th year of his prosperous reign“) , in Persian script, star-ornament to r.
KM 99.3 ; Zeno 113286 ; Pridmore 157 .
- Mint name on coin Murshidabad but struck at 4 diffferent mints - Calcutta, Dacca, Murshidabad & Patna.
- Struck from 1793 to 1818 AD after AH date of 1202 was removed from coinage
- Previous KM #774.2
how to recognize mints for this type of Rupee from it's obverse: at center to r. There are 3 clusters of dots: a four-dotted one (cluster 1) and two five-dotted ones (cluster 2 (middle) and 3 (the most right one))
Dot in center of cluster 1 - Dacca (Dhaka) mint
Dot in center of cluster 2 - Murshidabad
Dot in center of cluster 3 - Patna mint
No Dot in any of the 3 clusters - Calcutta mint