A wonderful coin exhibiting bold, sharply rendered details with excellent eye appeal.
About uncirculated, Exceptionally rare.

A true gem and a must-have specimen for any advanced collector of Mughal coinage.

In 1788 the emperor Shah Alam II was dethroned and blinded by Ghulam Qadir Rohilla, who then set up Bedar Bakht as emperor at Delhi in August 1788. But after about two months, the Maratha forces under Mahadji Scindia ousted Ghulam Qadir, who fled towards Saharanpur. He was ultimately captured and executed at Mathura.

Coins were struck in the name of Bedar Bakht at the mints of Shahjahanabad (Delhi) and Ahmadabad, the name given to Ghausgarh, the seat of Ghulam Qadir. 'Shah Jahan' was a pun on the titular name of Bidar Bakht, Jahan Shah.

This is a particularly handsome specimen of this elusive and short lived issue, with full mint name, the name of Bidar Bakht fully visible and both AH and RY dates clearly discernible.

A similar coin was sold in CNG Triton XXIII Sale (2020), Lot no. 972 at hammer 22,500 USD,
Another example was sold in SARC Auction 24 (2016), Lot no. 1571 at hammer 16,000 USD, and
One example of Shahjahanabad mint was sold in our Auction 15 (2014), Lot no. 300 at hammer Rs.20,00,000.