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1/2 Paisa - George VI and Man Singh II
| Issuer | Princely state of Jaipur |
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| Year | 1943-1944 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Obverse description | The obverse field bears a multi-line Arabic script legend arranged in three lines across the flan, divided by a central horizontal line. Decorative pellets and small ornamental devices are scattered around the field at the periphery. The inscription reads, in translation, 'In the reign of the Emperor of the Kingdom of England, George VI,' acknowledging British suzerainty over the princely state. The lettering is rendered in a bold Nastaliq calligraphic style characteristic of Jaipur coinage of this period. No portrait or effigy appears; the design is purely epigraphic. |
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| Obverse script | Arabic |
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Jaipur's copper fractionals of the early 1940s occupy an odd administrative corner: the princely states retained the right to issue their own coinage under the Paramountcy system, even as the Government of India's own coinage modernized around them. Man Singh II, who came to the gaddi in 1922 as a minor under British supervision, was still technically a dependent ruler when this piece was struck — Jaipur's full instrument of accession to India wouldn't come until 1949. The dual-authority nature of the issue, invoking both the reigning Maharaja and the British Crown, reflects that uneasy coexistence precisely.