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Rupee from Bengal, India, of the English East India Company (EIC), in the name of Shah Alam I, 1193 [=1779]

1779 · striking (metalworking); silver (metal)

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Silver coin. Obverse: inscription in Arabic script in three lines, with date indication at bottom: 1185. Reverse: inscription in Arabic script in three lines. Above the second line, indication of the "eternal" regnal year: 19, with a star (part of) to the far right [=mint Murshidabad]. Smooth edge.

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Credit lineRoepie uit Bengalen in India van de Engelse Oostindische Compagnie (EIC) op naam van Sjah Alam I,1193 [=1779]. 1779. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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