Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
1 Rupee - Shah Alam II Mughal Style
| Issuer | Kishangarh, Princely state of |
|---|---|
| Year | 1783-1784 |
| Type | Log in to see details |
| Value | Log in to see details |
| Currency | Rupee |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Weight | Log in to see details |
| Diameter | Log in to see details |
| Thickness | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Technique | Log in to see details |
| Orientation | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | Log in to see details |
|---|---|
| Obverse script | Arabic |
| Obverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Reverse description | Log in to see details |
| Reverse script | Log in to see details |
| Reverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Edge | Plain |
| Mint | Log in to see details |
| Mintage | Log in to see details |
| Additional information |
Kishangarh's rupees of this period were struck under the fiction of Mughal imperial authority — the coin names Shah Alam II as issuer even though by the 1780s the emperor in Delhi was effectively a pensioner of the Marathas, his real sovereignty long since dissolved. Princely states across Rajputana maintained this convention for decades after it ceased to reflect any political reality, partly to legitimize local coinage and partly because British paramountcy had not yet standardized the currency landscape into something more honest.
The Zeno catalogued specimen (291452) provides the primary photographic reference for this variety under C#10.2a.