Very fine, Extremely rare.

The Samsthana of Gadwal was one of the three important Hindu feudatory states under the Nizam of Hyderabad. In early 18th century its ruler, Somashekhara Ananda Reddy or Somanadri played an important role in securing its foundations. So far, it was thought that the mint at Gadwal became active only in the reign of Shah Alam II, producing local or 'Chulnee' coins. This is first ever known coin of Gadwal in the name of Muhammad Shah, and it puts the inception of the mint almost twenty years earlier than it was previously thought.