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1 Paisa - Shah Alam II Najibabad mint
| Issuer | Awadh |
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| Year | 1779-1805 |
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| Value | 1 Paisa (1⁄64) |
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| Obverse lettering | Shah Alam II |
| Reverse description | A fish symbol depicted in vertical orientation occupies the central field, a traditional emblem of the Nawabs of Awadh and a hallmark device on coinage struck under their authority. Accompanying the fish is a regnal year (RY) date rendered in Arabic numerals in the field. The Arabic legend is inscribed in a cursive Naskh-style script, partially visible due to characteristic striking weakness common to hammered provincial copper issues. The overall design reflects the conventions of late Mughal subsidiary coinage at the Najibabad mint. |
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Shah Alam II was Mughal emperor in title only by this period — effectively a pensioner of whichever regional power held Delhi, including the Marathas after 1771 and the British after Patparganj in 1803. Awadh's practice of striking copper in his name at provincial mints like Najibabad was a political formality, maintaining the fiction of Mughal suzerainty while real authority had long since fragmented. Najibabad itself was founded by the Rohilla chieftain Najib ud-Daula, and the mint operated under that town's particular regional administration rather than any centralized Awadhi monetary authority.