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1/8 Rupee - George VI / Yagya Narayan Singh Regal Style
| Issuer | Princely State of Kishangarh |
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| Year | 1936-1938 |
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| Composition | Silver |
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| Obverse description | Irregular hammered flan bearing a bold Devanagari inscription in the field, rendered in the characteristic cursive style of Indian princely state coinage. The legend, referencing Maharaja Yagya Narayan Singh, is disposed across the coin in two or three roughly horizontal lines, with strokes showing the typical vigor of hand-engraved dies. The field is uneven with natural hammer marks consistent with the hammered technique. No pictorial effigy is present; the design relies entirely on the calligraphic inscription as the primary device. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Kishangarh's regal-style issues of the late 1930s were struck under the authority of Maharaja Yagya Narayan Singh, who ruled one of Rajputana's smaller princely states — roughly 900 square miles — under British paramountcy. The use of George VI's name reflects the post-1936 accession dating, though the actual striking likely lagged the calendar year as was common across smaller Indian states with limited mint infrastructure.
KM# 20 is among the final indigenous silver issues before Independence-era monetary consolidation effectively ended princely coinage.