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½ Arkat Rupee for Madras in India of the English East India Company (EIC) in the name of Shah Alamgir II, 1172 [=1759]

1823 - 1825 · striking (metalworking); silver (metal)

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Silver coin. Obverse: inscription in Arabic characters in three lines with date indication at top: 1172. Reverse: inscription in Arabic characters in three lines. Above second line indication of regnal year: 6 with to the left thereof a rosette [=mint Calcutta]. Struck in the years 1823-1825 at Calcutta. Notched edge.

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Credit line½ Arkot-roepie voor Madras in India van de Engelse Oostindische Compagnie (EIC) op naam van sjah Alamgir II,1172 [=1759]. 1823 - 1825. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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