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1/2 Paisa - Victoria
| Issuer | Bundi, Princely state of |
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| Year | 1867 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Crude hammered copper flan bearing a central inscription in Devanagari script arranged within a roughly rectangular cartouche. The lettering, denoting the regal name or authority of the issuer, is boldly struck in relief against a plain field. The irregular planchet edges are characteristic of the hand-struck coinage of the Bundi princely state. |
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| Reverse description | Reverse displays a further Devanagari inscription struck in rough relief across the irregular copper flan. The characters, likely denoting the denomination or regnal reference, are arranged in an informal layout typical of provincial hammered coinage. The surface shows natural casting and striking irregularities consistent with locally produced princely state issues of the mid-nineteenth century. |
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Bundi was among the smaller Rajput states that retained token coinage rights under British paramountcy, issuing copper in its own name well after neighboring states had surrendered minting authority entirely. The 1867 date places this piece in the period following the transfer of Crown rule from the East India Company — a reorganization that tightened oversight of princely mints without immediately abolishing them.
Victoria's name on a Bundi flan is the bureaucratic fingerprint of that compromise.