INDIA - BENGAL PRESIDENCY - SHAH ALAM II - FARRUKHABAD MINT - 1 RUPEE RY45 (1759-1806 AD) SILVER COIN
KM#77, Denomination: 1 Rupee, Date: RY45 (1759-1806 AD), Composition: Silver, Weight: 11.63 GM, Diameter: 26.50 MM
MINT: FARRUKHABAD
EDGE: PLAIN
IN THE NAME OF SHAH ALAM II : AH1173-1221 / 1759-1806 AD
Note: Tiny Test Marks on Edge.
The Bengal Presidency, officially the Presidency of Fort William and later Bengal Province, was a subdivision of the British Empire in India. At the height of its territorial jurisdiction, it covered large parts of what is now South Asia and Southeast Asia. Bengal proper covered the ethno-linguistic region of Bengal (present-day Bangladesh and the Indian state of West Bengal). Calcutta, the city which grew around Fort William, was the capital of the Bengal Presidency. For many years, the Governor of Bengal was concurrently the Viceroy of India and Calcutta was the de facto capital of India until 1911.
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