| Obverse |
Legend, including AH year 12xx (1211-12) |
| Reverse |
Legend, including mint name Muhammadabad Banares, mintmark fish and double regnal years 17 and 39 |
| Date |
RY 39, AH 1211-12 (= 1796-98 CE) |
| Weight |
11.25 gm. |
| Diameter |
24 mm. |
| Die axis |
2 o'clock |
| Reference |
Pridmore 253-54, KM 40 |
| Comments |
The East India Company acquired the mint at Banares from the Raja of Awadh in 1776, soon after the Battle of Plassey. The coins they issued from this mint showed a double regnal year, the fixed RY 17 (the RY of the first British issues) and then the progressive RY until the death of Shah Alam II in his RY 49.
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