½ Rupee - Shah Alam II [Madho Rao] ND

One interesting fact about this coin is that it was minted during the reign of Shah Alam II, who was the last Mughal Emperor and ruled from 1759 to 1806. Despite being the last emperor, he was not able to regain the power and prestige of the Mughal Empire, which had been declining for many years prior to his rule. This coin, minted in 1886, is a reflection of the influence of the British East India Company in India during that time, as the Princely state of Gwalior was a vassal state of the British Raj.

• early modern
• modern