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1 Anna WW II Cash Coupon
| Issuer | Mangrol, Princely State of |
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| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | મांગરોલ બंदर ૧ એक આनो જનરલ સ્ટેમ્પ One Anna |
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| Reverse lettering | એક ૧ આનો MANGROL |
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Mangrol was a small Muslim-ruled princely state on the Kathiawar peninsula in what is now Gujarat, with a population that rarely exceeded a few thousand. During the Second World War, metal coinage across British India became acutely scarce — copper and nickel were diverted to the war effort — and dozens of minor princely states issued emergency cash coupons to fill the gap left by hoarded and melted coins. Mangrol's contribution to that improvised monetary patchwork was this 1 Anna piece, printed on gray-green pressboard rather than conventional banknote paper.
The use of pressboard was purely practical — it was available, cheap, and stiff enough to survive handling as a small-denomination substitute for coin.