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Rupee -Shah Alam II Tasgaon
| Issuer | Maratha Confederacy |
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| Weight | 11.25 g |
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| Obverse script | Arabic |
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| Reverse description | Hammered silver reverse displaying the mint and regnal year inscription in bold naskh-style Arabic script across three horizontal registers. The central field bears the regnal year 19 of the julus (accession year) of Shah Alam II, with the mint name Tasgaon (ضرب تسگاون) inscribed in the lower register. A floral or foliate ornament is visible to the left of the central inscription, consistent with Maratha-issued Mughal-style rupees. The strike is moderately well-centered with the typical characteristics of a provincially-issued hammered rupee. |
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Tasgaon was a minor mint town in the Deccan under Patwardhan control — a Brahmin military family who rose through Peshwa service and held semi-autonomous authority over their assigned territories. Coins struck here in Shah Alam II's name were a political fiction maintained long after the Mughal emperor had ceased to exercise any real power, a convention the Marathas preserved because Mughal nominal suzerainty still conferred legitimacy in the eyes of local populations and rival powers alike. The practice outlasted any practical necessity by decades.