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1/2 Rupee - Empress Victoria / Madan Singh -v2 Regal Style
| Issuer | Princely state of Kishangarh (Indian princely states) |
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| Year | 1900-1901 |
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| Value | 1/2 Rupee |
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| Obverse description | Regal-style hammered flan bearing multi-line Persian/Urdu script in the name of Empress Victoria, arranged in two horizontal registers across the coin field. The legends, rendered in flowing Nastaliq calligraphy, occupy the full face of the irregularly shaped coin. A decorative dotted border frames the inscribed area, characteristic of the Regal coinage issued by the Princely State of Kishangarh during the late Victorian period. |
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| Reverse description | Hammered irregular flan displaying a stylised jhar (flowering plant or tree) motif rising from the lower field, with branching stems and foliate elements rendered in the characteristic Kishangarh artistic tradition. Surrounding the central floral device are Persian/Urdu script legends invoking the name of Madan Singh, the ruling thakur, disposed in multiple registers. A dotted or linear border encircles the design, consistent with the hand-struck coinage of the state. |
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Kishangarh's late regal coinage presents one of the more persistent puzzles in Indian princely numismatics. Madan Singh ruled from 1900 to 1926, but the state's right to strike silver had become increasingly nominal under British paramountcy — Kishangarh was among the smaller Rajputana states where the colonial administration tolerated local coinage largely as a political concession rather than an economic necessity. The "Empress Victoria" attribution on issues dated to 1900–1901 reflects a deliberate archaism; Victoria had died in January 1901, making any coin of this type struck after that date technically posthumous in its imperial reference.