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1/4 Anna - George VI [Umaid Singh]
| Issuer | Princely state of Jodhpur |
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| Year | 1944-1945 |
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| Weight | 2.6 g |
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| Reverse description | The reverse displays a bold Persian-Nastaliq Arabic script legend occupying the majority of the coin's field, referencing the name and titles associated with the Jodhpur state issue. Ornamental dot embellishments are interspersed among the characters, consistent with Rajput princely coinage conventions. A numerical date in Arabic-Indic numerals appears in the lower portion of the field. The overall design is characteristic of the Mughal-influenced calligraphic tradition adopted by the Marwar-Jodhpur mint. |
| Reverse script | Arabic |
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Jodhpur's copper fractionals of the 1940s occupy an awkward administrative moment: the princely state was still issuing its own coinage under Maharaja Umaid Singh while the Crown's broader standardization push was already compressing the autonomy of India's 500-odd princely states. Within three years of this coin's production, the Partition and subsequent integration process under Sardar Patel's States Ministry would render all such local issues obsolete. Umaid Singh signed the instrument of accession to the Indian Union in 1949.