East India Company, Bengal Presidency silver pattern half-mohur, Calcutta Mint, 1182h/1769
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1182h, yr 10 [March-May 1769]
It is part of the third gold coinage series, struck in silver as a pattern for approval by authorities prior to the commencement of regular minting in May 1769.
The coin features Persian inscriptions in the name of the Mughal Emperor Shah 'Alam II. The obverse bears the legend "sikka zad bar haft kishwar saya fazl ilah hami din muhammad shah alam badshah," which translates to "defender of the religion of Muhammad, Shah 'Alam emperor, shadow of the divine favour, put his stamp on the seven climes," alongside the date 1182h and regnal year 10. The reverse reads "zarb murshidabad sanah 10 julus maimanat manus," meaning "struck at Murshidabad in the 10th year of his reign of tranquil prosperity."
The coin has a plain edge and weighs 5.84 grams.
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Physical characteristics
- Edge
- plain
- Weight
- 5.84g
- Material
- silver
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Calcutta
- Regnal year
- 10
Design
- Obverse
- sikka zad bar haft kishwar saya fazl ilah hami din muhammad shah alam badshah
- Reverse
- zarb murshidabad sanah 10 julus maimanat manus
Identification
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- Described from a single auction-house listing published on Invaluable (reproduced with Invaluable's permission). Details apply to that one example; other examples of the type may differ, and the listing is supplementary evidence, not authentication.
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