1 Rupee - Muhammad Shah Kora mint

Muhammad Shah's reign began in 1719 following the violent removal of his predecessor Farrukhsiyar, who was blinded and strangled by the Sayyid Brothers before the new emperor was installed as a puppet. He outlasted his kingmakers, eventually having them destroyed, but the empire he ruled was already fragmenting badly. Nadir Shah's sack of Delhi in 1739 removed enormous quantities of Mughal silver from circulation — the treasury was stripped, and provincial mints like Kora were left to sustain what coinage economy remained.

Kora, situated in what is now Uttar Pradesh, was a secondary mint whose output during this period is poorly documented in contemporary records.