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1/2 Paisa - Surat Singh
| Issuer | Bikanir, Princely state of |
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| Year | 1788-1828 |
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| Weight | 10.70 g |
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| Obverse script | Devanagari |
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| Reverse description | Plain field displaying a bold, deeply impressed Nagari inscription arranged in two or three lines across the centre, with a decorative stroke or wavy line element arching across the upper portion of the flan. The lower register contains additional script characters, likely denoting the issuer or regnal reference. The surface exhibits the characteristic pitting and flow lines of cast or crudely struck copper coinage of the Bikaner princely issues under Surat Singh. |
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Surat Singh ruled Bikaner from 1788 to 1828, a period during which the state navigated increasingly fraught relations with Maratha power before accepting British paramountcy under the subsidiary alliance framework in 1818. The copper fractions issued under his name served the lowest tier of local commerce — grain markets, petty trade — and circulated hard enough that surviving pieces in any decent state of preservation are genuinely difficult to source.