¼ Rupee - Shah Alam II Arcot

One interesting fact about this coin is that it was minted during the reign of Shah Alam II, who was the Mughal Emperor at the time, but it was issued by the French East India Company in Arcot, which was a French colony in India. This coin is a rare example of a Mughal-era coin that was minted outside of the Mughal Empire's traditional territories, and it highlights the complex political and economic relationships between European colonial powers and Indian princely states during the 18th century.

• early modern