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# 317Rupee 1819 East India CompanyIndia C Indep. Kingdoms - Maratha Confederacy
India – Bombay Presidency – East India Company (ca. AD 1818 - 1833-4). Issue in the name of the Mughal Emperor Shah Alam II. Rupee AD (18)19. Mint: Bagalkot (Dar-ul-Khilafat Shahjahnabad), Silver (ø 20 mm – w. 11.10 g.). Edge: plain. KM 271. M/W T3, p. 46.

Obverse:
Persian legend. Couplet with the Ruler's name and titles (from bottom to top: [Taban Mihr wa Mah Mubarak / Sikkah Az]iz al-Din / [Shah] ‘Alam [Ghazi Badshah] = Shining (like) the sun and the moon (is the) auspicious coin (of) Aziz ud-Din Shah 'Alam, Warrior against the infidels, Emperor).

Reverse:
Persian legend. Mint name with epithet and Julus formula (from bottom to top: [xxx julus] maimanat manus / [zarb Dar-ul-Khi]lafat Shahjahna[bad / Bagadkut] = Struck at the Seat of the Caliphate, Shahjahanabad Bagalkot, xxx reign associated with prosperity). Date ([18]19) in the central line at left.

Note:
Maratha mint until 1818 when it was taken by General Munro and absorbed in the Bijapur division of the Bombay Presidency. The Bagalkot mint continued working after the British conquest of the Maratha territory and finally closed some fifteen years later. (extracted from – Maratha Mints and Coinage – by Maheshwari and Wiggins, pp. 44-45).

Literature:
Krause C. and Mishler C. – Standard Catalog of World Coins 1801-1900 – Krause Publications, 4th Edition, Usa, 2004.
Maheshwari K. K. and Wiggins K. W. – Maratha Mints and Coinage – Indian Inst. of Research in Numismatic Studies, Bombay, 1989.