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rupee (11.24g), Shahjahanabad (Delhi), year 19,
A-3092, KM-763, without the Hijri date, but very
clear mint name and regnal year 19, lovely strike,
lightly cleaned, unpublished and unreported, The
reverse die is clearly the product of the Delhi mint, but the obverse die is
of quite different calligraphy. Since the Durranis
never approached Delhi during Ahmad Shah's regnal
year 19, there are two principal interpretations of this piece. Most likely
is that it was struck just before Ahmad and his forces actually entered the
city of Delhi, using a quickly engraved obverse die and an old year 19 die of
the Mughal emperor Muhammad Shah. It is also possibly a later issue by the
opponents of Muhammad Shah who perhaps anticipated a third conquest of Delhi
by Ahmad Shah, but that never happened. |