½ Rupee - Shah Alam II

½ Rupee - Shah Alam II - obverse½ Rupee - Shah Alam II - reverse

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Features

Issuer Bombay Presidency (British India)
Type Standard circulation coin
Year 1215 (1801)
Calendar Islamic (Hijri)
Value ½ Rupee
Currency Rupee (1672-1835)
Composition Silver
Weight 5.75 g
Diameter 24 mm
Shape Round
Orientation Coin alignment ↑↓
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
50491
References KM# 223,
Tracy L. Schmidt (editor); 2019. Standard Catalog of World Coins / 2001-Date (14th edition). Krause Publications, Stevens Point, Wisconsin, United States.
And 5 more volumes.
Pr# 288
Fred Pridmore ; 1960. Coins of the British Commonwealth of Nations to the End of the Reign of George VI 1952 / Part 1. European Territories. Spink & Son, London, United Kingdom.
And 4 more volumes.

Obverse

Legend in Persian: Sikka Mubarak Badshah ghazi Shah Alam, date above

Lettering:
١٢١٥
شاه عالم
بادشاه غازي
سكه مبارك

Translation: The auspicious coin of the victorious Emperor Shah Alam (AH) 1215

Reverse

Zarb Surat sanat 46 julus maimanat manus

Lettering:
ممنت مانوس
سنة ۴٦ جاوس
ضرب سورت

Translation: Struck at Surat in the 46th year of his tranquil prosperous reign

Edge

Plain

Comments

- The coins bear the frozen date AH1215 (AD1800-1801), but were struck between 1832-1835 AD and not at Surat, as the mint on the coin suggests, but at the new Bombay mint. The coins were declared legal tender by Procalmation dated 17 October 1832. Coinage of this new improved silver money continued at the Bombay mint until December 1835, when the Company's standard rupee currency replaced it.
- Frozen date and Regnal Year (AH 1215 / RY46)

Should be spelt "Proclamation"

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
1215 (1801)  ١٢١٥ / ۴٦, Bombay mint

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