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1/4 Anna - Victoria [Anand Rao Pawar III] Pattern
| Issuer | Princely State of Dhar |
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| Year | 1887 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Central field bears a five-line inscription reading 1⁄4 / ANNA / DHAR STATE / INDIA / 1887 in bold raised Latin lettering, enclosed within a beaded inner circle. Surrounding the central inscription is an ornate wreath of oak leaves and acorns rendered in fine relief, forming a decorative frame. The entire design is contained within a beaded outer border, consistent with the milled pattern coinage style of British India princely states. |
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Dhar was a minor Maratha princely state in central India under British paramountcy, and this 1887 pattern was almost certainly struck in connection with Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee — a moment when several Indian princely states produced presentation and pattern pieces to mark the occasion, often in precious metals far exceeding the intrinsic value of the denomination they nominally represented. A quarter anna in gold weighing over thirteen grams is self-evidently not a circulation proposal. Anand Rao Pawar III ruled Dhar from 1857 until his death in 1898, a tenure defined largely by British administrative pressure on the state's already limited autonomy.
KM#13b designation implies at least two documented pattern variants for this type. The 'b' suffix typically reflects a metal distinction within the same die pairing.