1 Rupee - Alamgir II Ahmadabad Mint

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.