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1 Rupee - Alamgir II Ahmadabad Mint
| Issuer | Maratha Empire |
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| Year | 1754-1760 |
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| Value | 1 Rupee |
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| Reverse lettering | احمدآباد دارالسلطنه |
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| Mintage | ND (1754-1760) - AH 117x / RY#6 - 1168 (1755) - RY#1 - 1169 (1756) - RY#2 - 1169 (1756) - RY#3 - 1170 (1757) - RY#3 - 1170 (1757) - RY#4 - 1171 (1758) - RY#4 - |
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Alamgir II was a Mughal emperor in name only — effectively a prisoner of the Maratha-allied wazir Imad-ul-Mulk, who installed him in 1754 and had him murdered in 1759. The Marathas struck rupees in his name throughout this period at Ahmadabad, a mint they had controlled since 1758, exploiting the fiction of Mughal sovereignty to legitimize coinage they were issuing on their own authority. The practice of striking in a nominal emperor's name while holding real power was a calculated political tool, not deference.