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1 Paisa - Shah Alam II Indore
| Issuer | Princely state of Indore |
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| Year | 1787-1788 |
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| Diameter | 18 mm |
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| Obverse script | Arabic |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Shah Alam II was Mughal emperor in name only by the late eighteenth century — blind, dependent on Maratha protection, and stripped of any real authority over the subcontinent's princely states. Indore's Holkar rulers issued copper paisa in his name as a formality of overlordship, not out of genuine political submission. The practice of citing a nominal suzerain on coinage while exercising complete local autonomy was common across Maratha-controlled territories during this period.
KM#A61.1 distinguishes this variety from the closely related A61.2, likely differentiated by die characteristics or mint execution details documented in later Krause listings.