![1/8 rupee from Bengal, India, of the English East India Company (EIC), in the name of Shah Alam I, 1193 [=1779]](https://thumbs.arkivism.com/rijks-KOG-MP-1-3950.jpg)
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1/8 rupee from Bengal, India, of the English East India Company (EIC), in the name of Shah Alam I, 1193 [=1779]
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Silver coin. Obverse: inscription in Arabic script in two lines. Reverse: inscription in Arabic script in two lines. Below the first line, indication of the "eternal" regnal year: 19. Smooth edge.
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Credit line1/8 roepie 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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