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Arcot rupee for Madras in India of the English East India Company (EIC), in the name of Shah Alamgir II, (1807)

1807 · striking (metalworking); silver (metal)

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Silver coin. Obverse: inscription in three lines in Arabic script, referring to Shah Alamgir II. Left top "frozen" date: 1172. Reverse: inscription in three lines in Arabic script. Right top second line indication of regnal year: 6 and next to it lotus flower. Reeded edge.

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Credit lineArcot-roepie voor Madras in India van de Engelse Oostindische Compagnie (EIC), op naam van shah Alamgir II, (1807). 1807. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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