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1 Rupee - Ahmad Shah Bahadur Arcot
| Issuer | Arcot |
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| Value | 1 Rupee (1 Roupie) |
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| Obverse description | Central field bearing the name of the Mughal Emperor Ahmad Shah Bahadur inscribed in Persian Nasta'liq script within a rectangular cartouche or band dividing the flan. Additional Persian legends fill the surrounding field. The coin is struck on an irregular flan typical of hand-hammered Mughal-style rupees, with the inscriptions showing characteristic bold calligraphic strokes. |
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| Reverse script | Arabic |
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Ahmad Shah Bahadur, the Mughal emperor from 1748 to 1754, was effectively a puppet of the Wazir Safdarjung and later the Maratha-backed factions that competed for control of Delhi. Arcot, as a Mughal successor state in the Carnatic, continued striking coins in the emperor's name long after any real imperial authority had dissolved — a practice common among provincial mints that used the nominal emperor as a legal fiction to legitimize local coinage.
KM#20 is one of several Arcot rupee types attributed to this reign, distinguished primarily by die characteristics rather than design changes between issues.