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1 Rupee - Shah Alam II Pali mint
| Issuer | Princely state of Jodhpur |
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| Year | 1716-1804 |
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| Value | 1 Rupee |
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| Obverse description | Hammered silver flan bearing the Mughal imperial legend in Arabic script, arranged in two registers separated by a horizontal line across the central field. The upper register contains the royal epithet and regnal title of Shah Alam II, rendered in bold, characteristically fluid calligraphy. The lower register displays a decorative floral or star motif typical of Jodhpur Pali mint issues. The overall design follows the established Mughal rupee format, with legends filling the field to the periphery and the coin exhibiting natural flan irregularities consistent with hand-struck production. |
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| Obverse lettering | سکه مبارک بادشاه غازی شاه عالم بهادر |
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Shah Alam II's name appeared on Jodhpur's coinage for decades after he had effectively lost all real authority — a Mughal emperor kept alive politically by Maratha protectors, then briefly by the British. Jodhpur, like many Rajput states, maintained the fiction of Mughal suzerainty on its silver long after it meant anything, partly from convention, partly to legitimize local rule through a recognized imperial name. The Pali mint served the southeastern trade routes of Marwar.