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1/4 Rupee - Vikramajit Mahendra
| Issuer | Orchha, Princely state of |
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| Year | 1792-1812 |
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| Composition | Silver |
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| Obverse description | Hammered silver flan bearing a stylized Nagari legend in the central field, characteristic of the Orchha princely coinage tradition. The design features bold, angular script characters arranged around a central motif, with pellet ornaments distributed across the field. The overall execution is typical of the hand-struck indigenous coinage of the Bundelkhand region, with irregular flan edges and uneven die striking. Decorative floral or foliate elements accompany the inscription in the field. |
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| Mintage | ND //39 - - 1206 (1792) - - 1207 (1793) - - 1208 (1794) - - 1209 (1794) - - 1210 (1795) - - 1211 (1796) - - 1212 (1797) - - 1213 (1798) - - 1214 (1799) - - 1214 (1799) - 44 - 1215 (1800) - - 1216 (1801) - - 1217 (1802) - - 1218 (1803) - - 1219 (1804) - - 1220 (1805) - - 1221 (1806) - - 1222 (1807) - - 1223 (1808) - - 1226 (1811) - - 1227 (1812) - - 1797 (2365) - - 1799 (2367) - - |
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Orchha's coinage during this period was issued under the authority of Vikramajit Mahendra, who ruled a state whose political fortunes had been substantially diminished since the Bundela dynasty's seventeenth-century peak. By the late eighteenth century, Orchha operated under increasing Maratha pressure before the eventual imposition of British paramountcy. Local silver fractions like this quarter rupee were the workhorse of bazaar transactions in a region where full rupees rarely changed hands among ordinary traders. The C#30 attribution covers a twenty-year span, suggesting dies were reused or replaced without altering the fundamental type.