East India Company Bengal Presidency Silver Pattern Rupee, 1784
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1198h, yr 26 [March-November 1784]
The coin was struck during the reign of the Mughal Emperor Shah 'Alam II, bearing the date 1198h and the 26th regnal year. The obverse features the Persian inscription: "sikka zad bar haft kishwar saya fazl ilah hami din muhammad shah alam badshah 1198", which translates to "Defender of the religion of Muhammad, Shah 'Alam Emperor, shadow of the divine favour, put his stamp on the seven climes, 1198".
The reverse bears the inscription: "zarb murshidabad sanah 26 julus maimanat manus", indicating it was struck at Murshidabad in the 26th year of his reign. The edge is inscribed with "United East India Company" accompanied by a 6-point mullet punctuation. The coin has a diameter of 27mm and a weight of 11.32g. It represents Prinsep’s coinage, a significant issue in the colonial history of the East India Company in India.
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Physical characteristics
- Weight
- 11.32g
- Diameter
- 27mm
- Material
- silver
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Pulta Mint
- Denomination
- Pattern Rupee
- Issuing authority
- East India Company
Design
- Edge
- United East India Company with 6-point mullet punctuation
- Obverse
- sikka zad bar haft kishwar saya fazl ilah hami din muhammad shah alam badshah 1198
- Reverse
- zarb murshidabad sanah 26 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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