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# 564Rupee AH 1214 RY 42 Vikramajit MahendraIndia D Princely States - Orchha
India – Orchha – Vikramajit Mahendra (AH 1211-1233 / AD 1796-1817). Issue in the name of the Mughal Emperor Shah Alam II. Rupee AH 1214 RY 42. Mint: Orchha, Silver (ø 21 mm – w. 11.05 g.). Edge: plain. KM C.32. Brown 4595-6.

Obverse:
Persian legend. Couplet with Ruler's name and titles (from bottom to top: [Sikkah zad ‘z ta’id] Sahib / [Ham]i din qirani / [Ilah Mohamme]d [Al]am Shah [Ba]dshah = The defender of the Faith of Mohammed, Shah 'Alam, Emperor, struck coin appropriate to a Lord af the Fortunate conjunction of the planets by the Grace of God). Date (1214) above the bottom line at left. Symbol: –Flower– in the N of DIN

Reverse:
Persian legend. Mint name and Julus formula (from bottom to top: [xxx Ond]chha [Za]rb / sanah 42 julus / maimanat [manus] = (xxx) struck at Orchha, (in the) year 42 (of his) reign associated with prosperity). Symbols: –Gaja or Mace– and –Flower–.

Literature:
Brown C. J. – Catalogue of Coins in the Provincial Museum Lucknow / The Mughal Emperors – Vol. I-II, Oxford, 1920 (reprinted 1985).
Krause C. and Mishler C. – Standard Catalog of World Coins 1801-1900 – Krause Publications, Usa, 4th Edition, 2004.