1 Paisa - Shah Alam II

Shah Alam II's reign was defined less by his own authority than by his captivity — held effectively as a political prisoner by the Marathas after 1771, then blinded by Ghulam Qadir in 1788, he became a figurehead whom regional powers found useful to invoke and impossible to control. Mewar continued striking coinage in his name throughout these decades of imperial collapse, a practice that had more to do with legitimizing local rulers than with any functional Mughal fiscal system.

C#3.2 distinguishes this paisa from the closely related C#3.1 by die configuration. The type persisted across the full 46-year span of his nominal reign.