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1 Rupee - Alamgir II Arcot
| Issuer | Arcot |
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| Year | 1754-1758 |
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| Technique | Hammered |
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| Obverse lettering | عالمگیر |
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| Reverse script | Arabic |
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Alamgir II was a Mughal emperor in name only — real power rested with his chief minister Imad-ul-Mulk, who would eventually have him murdered in 1759. The Arcot mint continued striking in his name throughout the period when the Nawabs of Arcot were themselves caught between competing British and French interests during the Carnatic Wars. Coins of this type circulated through one of the most violently contested regions of eighteenth-century India.
KM#12 is frequently encountered with weak central strikes, a consequence of the hand-hammering technique still in use at Arcot during this period rather than any flan preparation failure.