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1/8 Rupee - Shah Alam II
| Issuer | Bengal Presidency |
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| Year | 1777-1793 |
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| Diameter | 11 mm |
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| Obverse script | Arabic |
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| Reverse lettering | ضرب مرشدآباد سنة ١٩ جلوس ميمنت مأنوس (Translation: Struck at Murshidabad in the 19th year of his reign of tranquil prosperity) |
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Shah Alam II was the Mughal emperor in whose name the East India Company struck Bengal Presidency coinage for decades — a fiction of sovereignty that suited both parties. The Company gained the legal cover of Mughal authority; Shah Alam, blinded by the Marathas in 1788 and effectively a pensioner of whatever power held Delhi, gained little but the nominal dignity of having his name on the currency of a Bengal he no longer controlled.
The Pr#151 reference places this in Pridmore's classification of EIC coinage, where the fractional rupee denominations of this period are noted for inconsistent flan preparation across the Calcutta mint's output.