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Photo from Bhandare (from the BM)
who wrote: It is a feeling of 'discovery' when one
notices a coin that has remained wrongly attributed for decades!
Recently spotted this 1/8 rupee Nisar among coins of Aurangzeb in the British
Museum and realized that it actually is a Nisar of Shāh ‘Ālam
Bahadur!
Obverse clearly reads 'Nisar Shāh ‘Ālam' with remnants of the date
(11)21 visible. Mint was wrongly attributed as 'Akbarabad', too. In fact it
is 'Akbarnagar'.
Nisars of Shāh ‘Ālam Bahadur are extremely rare - one of
Shahjahanabad mint was posted by Ranjan Yadav and has been uploaded on Zeno'. This coin adds another mint and denomination
to the repertoire. The coin is ex- R B Whitehead Collection
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