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1/4 Rupee - Alamgir II for Malabar Coast
| Issuer | Bombay Presidency |
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| Year | 1188 |
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| Weight | 2.88 g |
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| Obverse script | Arabic |
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| Edge | Plain |
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The Bombay Presidency's coinage in the name of Alamgir II represents one of the more politically calculated decisions in early British Indian numismatics. Alamgir II had been dead for decades by the time these pieces were struck — murdered in 1759 — yet the East India Company continued issuing coins under his name well into the late 18th century, exploiting Mughal imperial legitimacy to ease acceptance in markets where unfamiliar European-backed currency would have faced resistance. The regnal year 1188 AH places striking in the 1770s CE.