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E.I.C. Bengal Presidency
East India Company, Bengal Presidency, Calcutta and Murshidabad mints: post-1761 issues, silver Sixteenth-Rupees (2), in the name of 'Shah 'Alam II (1173-1221h/1759-1806), 11[–]h, yr 7 [1765-6], 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, revs. zarb murshidabad sanah 7 julus maimanat manus [struck at Murshidabad in the 7th year of his reign of tranquil prosperity], 0.70g/8h, 0.67g/12h (Prid. – [not in Sale]; Stevens 2.107; KM. 80.1 [date not listed]) [2]. First very fine, second nearly so, both rare £60-£80
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Provenance: Baldwin Auction 33 (London), 6-7 May 2003, lot 1005 (part).
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East India Company, Bengal Presidency, Calcutta and Murshidabad mints: post-1761 issues, silver Sixteenth-Rupees (2), in the name of 'Shah 'Alam II (1173-1221h/1759-1806), 11[–]h, yr 7 [1765-6], 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, revs. zarb murshidabad sanah 7 julus maimanat manus [struck at Murshidabad in the 7th year of his reign of tranquil prosperity], 0.70g/8h, 0.67g/12h (Prid. – [not in Sale]; Stevens 2.107; KM. 80.1 [date not listed]) [2]. First very fine, second nearly so, both rare £60-£80
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Provenance: Baldwin Auction 33 (London), 6-7 May 2003, lot 1005 (part).
One owner's ticket