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# 634Rupee nd RY 45 East India CompanyIndia G British - Bengal Presidency
British India – Bengal Presidency – East India Company (AD 1765-1835). Issue in the name of the Mughal Emperor Shah Alam II. Rupee AH - RY 45 (AD 1820-1831). Mint: Farrukhabad, Silver (ø 25 mm – w. 11.51 g.). Edge: straight grained. Pridmore 318. KM 70. Mitchiner 1944-5 var.

Obverse:
Persian couplet, Emperor name and titles (Sikka zad bar haft kishwar saya fazl Ilah Hami ud-din Muhammad, Shah Alam, Badshah = Defender of the religion of Muhammad, Shah Alam, Emperor, shadow of the divine favour, put his stamp on the seven climes).

Reverse:
Persian legend, mint name and frozen regnal year (Zarb Farrukhabad sanat 45 julus maimanat manus = Struck at Farrukhabad in the 45 year of his reign of tranquil prosperity), large flower-star at right.

Literature:
Krause C. and Mishler C. – Standard Catalog of World Coins 1801-1900 – Krause Publications, 4th Edition, Usa, 2004.
Mitchiner M. – Oriental Coins and their values / Non-Islamic States and Western Colonies / AD 600-1979 – Hawkins Pub., London, 1979.
Pridmore F. – The Coins of the British Commonwealth of Nations, Part 4 India, Volume 1 E.I.C – Spink and Son LTD, London, 1975.