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1 Rupee - Ratan Singh In the name of Alamgir II

Issuer Bikanir, Princely state of
Year 1806-1837
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Currency Rupee
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Obverse script Persian
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Reverse description The reverse displays the mint name and regnal year inscription in Persian script across the field, divided by a horizontal sword-like line. The legend reads 'Zarb Bikanir Sana Julus Maimanat Manus' with the regnal year 52 (RY) inscribed in the lower register, indicating the fifty-second year of Alamgir II's reign as used fictitiously by the Bikanir state. Decorative pellet or rosette ornaments are distributed around the margins, consistent with the hammered coinage tradition of the Bikanir Mint. The calligraphy is executed in bold nashtaliq style typical of Rajput princely state issues.
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Bikaner's rulers struck coinage in the name of reigning Mughal emperors long after the Mughal throne had ceased to carry any real authority — a political fiction maintained by Rajput states to preserve the legitimacy that Mughal suzerainty still nominally conferred. Alamgir II was murdered in 1759, yet his name continued to appear on Bikaner rupees for the better part of a century afterward. The local ruler Ratan Singh, who governed from 1787 to 1828, simply perpetuated the convention his predecessors had established.

This frozen-regnal-year coinage is characteristic of late Rajput minting practice, where imperial names functioned as formulaic tradition rather than political allegiance.

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