Buy historical Indian Princely States Coins items such as Gold, Silver, Copper, Rare and Error online on MarudharArts.

Hyderabad, Salabat Jung (AH 1164-1175 /1752-1762 AD), Koilkonda Mint, Silver Rupee, AH 1166, “Ba-fazle Elah”&nbsp;Couplet,&nbsp;In the name of Ahmad Shah Bahadur, Obv: Persian legend “Sikka&nbsp;zad dar&nbsp;jahan&nbsp;ba fazle&nbsp;elah, Shah Alam panah&nbsp;Ahmad Shah” with Hijri year 1166, Rev: Persian legend “sana julus” &amp; “zarb&nbsp;Koilkonda”&nbsp;completely visible at the bottom, 11.30g, 22.07mm,&nbsp;(Unlisted in KM), no test mark, counter-stamped mark, about very fine, Extremely Rare. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;

Note:&nbsp;These extremely rare coins are the only known examples of the&nbsp;Koilkonda Rupee&nbsp;issued in the name of&nbsp;Ahmad Shah Bahadur. During the turbulent&nbsp;1750s, the&nbsp;Nizam of Hyderabad’s dynasty&nbsp;faced intense internal conflict among the sons of&nbsp;Asaf Jah I. With the first two heirs killed in rapid succession and the third reduced to a puppet under&nbsp;Peshwa Balaji Bajirao, political instability engulfed the Deccan. <o:p></o:p>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&nbsp;minor and short-lived mints&nbsp;emerged, including&nbsp;Koilkonda, Amarchinta, Arki, Charikonda, Gurmatkal, Medak, Maktal, Musheerabad, Tahniyatnagar,&nbsp;and&nbsp;Jatprole, alongside the better-known&nbsp;Qamarnagar&nbsp;and&nbsp;Dilshadabad. <o:p></o:p>The&nbsp;Koilkonda issue&nbsp;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 Many mints and their issues from this period remain&nbsp;unpublished and undocumented, adding to the importance and rarity of this remarkable specimen.<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;

Hyderabad – Salabat Jung, Silver Rupee, AH 1166, Koilkonda Mint, in the Name of Ahmad Shah Bahadur – Extremely Rare.

Silver Rupee, AH 1169, Maktal (Makhtal) Mint – Hyderabad Nizam Issue, In the Name of Alamgir II, Both Sides Hijri Year, Unrecorded Type, Extremely Rare.

Hyderabad State, Khujista Bunyad Mint, Silver Rupee in ...

Exceedingly Rare -Unpublished Hyderabad Imtiazgarh (Ado ...

Silver Rupee of Peston Shahi of Sikandar Jah of Hyderabad.

Hyderabad State, Afzal ud daula Gold ¼ Mohur, Farkhanda ...

Silver One Rupee Coin of Mir Mahbub Ali Khan of Farkhan ...

Very Rare in this Grade Superb Crisp Pristine Quality, ...

Silver One Rupee Coin of Ganga Singh of Bikanir State.

Silver One Eighth Rupee of Mir Mahbub Ali Khan of Farka ...

Exceedingly Rare Dewas Senior Branch, Maharaja Vikramsi ...

Silver Rupee of Dungar Singh of Bikanir.

Very Rare Graded & Slabbed by NGC as MS64 Awadh State, ...

Silver Rupee of Ratan Singh of Bikaner State.