1/2 Kori - Victoria [Khengarji III]

Kutch maintained its own coinage rights well into the British period, one of the few princely states permitted to do so under subsidiary alliance arrangements. Khengarji III, who ruled from 1875 to 1942, issued coins bearing Victoria's name as a concession to British suzerainty while retaining the Kutchi monetary system — the kori and its fractions remained the local unit of account rather than the rupee.

The .601 fineness is characteristic of Kutch silver throughout this period, slightly below the .917 British standard, reflecting long-established local minting conventions that the Political Agent saw no pressing reason to reform.