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¼ Rupee
| Issuer | Princely state of Mewar |
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| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Stylized depiction of the trident (trishul) of Shiva rendered in a highly abstract, indigenous manner, rising from a horizontal baseline in the lower field. A cluster of raised pellets arranged in a triangular grouping occupies the upper left field, with additional isolated pellets scattered across the flan. To the right, a large curved stroke or katar-like device descends prominently. The design is characteristic of the crude but distinctive hammered coinage of Mewar, with an irregular flan and flat, worn relief. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Mewar was among the last Rajput princely states to retain meaningful administrative independence, and its coinage reflected that stubbornness — the state continued issuing its own silver well into the nineteenth century despite British pressure to adopt uniform currency across the subcontinent. The KM#1.1 variety is distinguished from the later KM#1.2 by subtle differences in the trident symbol's execution, a distinction that took decades of dealer misattribution to settle in the literature.