East India Company, Bengal Presidency, Calcutta and Murshidabad mints: post-1761 issues, silver Rupee in the name of ‘Shah ‘Alam II (1173-1221h/1759-1806), 1181h, yr 8 [May-September 1767], naming Murshidabad, sikka zad bar haft kishwar saya fazl ilah hami din muhammad shah alam badshah [defender of the religion of Muhammad, Shah ‘Alam emperor, shadow of the divine favour, put his stamp on the seven climes], sun at left, privy mark arrangement 2/3, rev. zarb murshidabad sanah 8 julus maimanat manus [struck at Murshidabad in the 8th year of his reign of tranquil prosperity], 11.61g/4h (Prid. 90 [not in Sale]; Stevens 2.75; KM. 84.1). Good very fine and particularly well-struck, rare £140-£180

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Puddester Collection.

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D. Fore Collection, Part III, Baldwin Auction 84 (London), 25-6 September 2013, lot 1809, recté Prid. 90.

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