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1 Rupee - Shah Alam II Kora mint
| Issuer | Maratha Empire |
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| Year | 1761-1763 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse description | The reverse displays a continuation of the Mughal-style Persian legend in Nasta'liq script, with the mint name Kora (كوره) and the regnal year prominently placed within the field. The design is arranged in flowing diagonal bands of calligraphy across the flan, consistent with Maratha-struck rupees imitating Mughal coinage. Small decorative pellets and floral ornaments punctuate the field between the inscriptions. The strike is characteristic of the hammered technique used at this inland mint during the early 1760s. |
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| Mint | Kora mint |
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Shah Alam II was a Mughal emperor in name only by the early 1760s — a fugitive monarch who spent years under Maratha protection after the catastrophic Mughal defeat at Panipat in January 1761. The Marathas, now the dominant military power across much of the subcontinent despite their own severe losses at that same battle, struck coins in his name at Kora as a calculated assertion of political authority. Issuing rupees under a Mughal emperor's name was the standard mechanism for legitimizing revenue collection in territories the Marathas controlled but could not yet claim outright.
Kora, situated in present-day Uttar Pradesh, changed hands repeatedly through this period.