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1/2 Rupee - Muhammad Shah [Shambhuji II]
| Issuer | Kolhapur, Princely state of |
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| Year | 1759-1760 |
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| Value | 1/2 Rupee |
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| Obverse script | Arabic |
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| Mintage | ND (1759-1760) |
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Kolhapur's coinage under Muhammad Shah reflects the fractured political reality of the Deccan in the mid-eighteenth century — the state nominally acknowledged Mughal suzerainty in its coin inscriptions long after Mughal authority had effectively collapsed across the subcontinent. Shambhuji II ruled as the Chhatrapati of Kolhapur during a period when the southern Maratha branches were persistently at odds with the Peshwa-dominated confederacy based at Pune.
The regnal years 1759–60 place this issue squarely in that contested moment before Panipat reshaped Maratha power entirely.