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1⁄16 Anna - Shah Alam II
| Issuer | Bengal Presidency |
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| Year | 1781 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Obverse lettering | باد شاه عالم ۱۱۹٥ (Translation: (AH) 1195 Shah Alam Emperor) |
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| Mintage | 1195 (1781) - RY 22, Fulta mint - 1195 (1781) - RY 22, Proof - |
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Shah Alam II was the Mughal emperor in name only by 1781 — effectively a pensioner of the Marathas after the catastrophe at Panipat in 1761, and later a British protégé after 1803. The Bengal Presidency's practice of issuing copper fractions in his name was a calculated political gesture, maintaining the fiction of Mughal suzerainty while British commercial and administrative control over Bengal had been consolidated since Plassey in 1757.
The Prid reference 200 places this among the systematically catalogued Presidency coppers, a series notorious for die variability and inconsistent planchet preparation at the Calcutta mint.