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1/2 Rupee - Edward VII [Raghubir Singhji]
| Issuer | Bundi, Princely state of |
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| Year | 1906-1909 |
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| Value | 1/2 Rupee |
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| Reverse description | The reverse displays a densely arranged Devanagari inscription covering the entire field, with boldly struck characters typical of the hand-engraved dies used in Bundi princely state coinage. The legend references the ruling authority and denomination, distributed across the flan in multiple registers without a clear border or exergue. The overall design is characteristic of the Rajput hammered silver coinage tradition, with irregular flan shape and uneven strike common to issues of this period. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Bundi's feudatory coinage under Raghubir Singhji occupied an awkward administrative position — the state retained the right to strike silver under British paramountcy but was required to acknowledge imperial authority through its issues. The result was a hybrid currency that satisfied neither pure feudal tradition nor clean colonial standardization, and saw only limited local circulation before British-India coinage increasingly displaced it.