1/2 Kori - Victoria [Pragmalji II]

Pragmalji II ruled Kutch from 1860 under a close-supervision arrangement with the British Raj following the administrative tightening after 1857. This coin is one of the earliest issues from his reign to carry Victoria's name alongside his own — a bilingual acknowledgment of suzerainty that the British Residency at Bhuj actively encouraged across all treaty states. Kutch maintained its own mint at Bhuj, one of the few princely mints permitted to continue striking silver under the post-Mutiny settlement.