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1/4 Anna
| Issuer | Princely state of Indore |
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| Year | 1850 |
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| Value | 1/4 Anna (1⁄64) |
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| Obverse description | Irregular copper flan displaying a bold Persian legend in the field, referencing the Mughal emperor Shah Alam II. The inscription is rendered in a cursive Nastaliq style, occupying the central field with additional script elements in the lower register. The overall strike is characteristic of hand-struck princely state issues, with an uneven border and rough flan surfaces typical of mid-19th century Indore coinage. |
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| Reverse script | Nagari, Persian |
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Indore's copper coinage of this period was struck under the authority of the Holkar dynasty, which had navigated a turbulent relationship with the British East India Company since the early nineteenth century. By 1850, the state operated under a subsidiary alliance that left internal administration — including coinage — nominally intact, though British commercial pressure was steadily homogenizing currency across princely territories. This piece predates the absorption of many Holkar issues into the post-1857 standardization push that followed the Uprising.