Note: These extremely rare coins are the only known examples of the Koilkonda Rupee issued in the name of Ahmad Shah Bahadur. During the turbulent 1750s, the Nizam of Hyderabad’s dynasty faced intense internal conflict among the sons of Asaf Jah I. With the first two heirs killed in rapid succession and the third reduced to a puppet under Peshwa Balaji Bajirao, political instability engulfed the Deccan.

Amid this chaos, several local rulers and feudatories asserted their autonomy by striking coins in their own names. It was during this period that a number of minor and short-lived mints emerged, including Koilkonda, Amarchinta, Arki, Charikonda, Gurmatkal, Medak, Maktal, Musheerabad, Tahniyatnagar, and Jatprole, alongside the better-known Qamarnagar and Dilshadabad.

The Koilkonda issue represents one of the rarest coinages from this era of fragmented authority in the Deccan — a fascinating relic of regional assertion during the decline of Mughal power. Many mints and their issues from this period remain unpublished and undocumented, adding to the importance and rarity of this remarkable specimen.

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