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# 631 / Rupee nd RY 19 East India Company India G British - Bengal Presidency
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# 632Rupee nd RY 19 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 19 (AD 1819-1830). Mint: Murshidabad (Calcutta), Silver (ø 26 mm – w. 12.31 g.). Edge: straight grained. Pridmore 172. KM 108. Mitchiner 1908.
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 Murshidabad sanat 19 julus maimanat manus = Struck at Murshidabad in the 19 year of his reign of tranquil prosperity), large flower-star at right.
Note: Small five pointed star at left on reverse, below the word bad(shah).
Provenance: ex. Deepak Haritwal Collection.
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.