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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 description | Square note printed on gray-green pressboard with a decorative foliate border framing the entire face. The issuer name in Gujarati script (મांગરોલ બંદર) appears at the top, followed by the numeral '૧' and denomination 'એક આનો' in large Gujarati characters at center. A five-digit serial number is printed below in Arabic numerals, with the text 'જનરલ સ્ટેમ્પ' and the English inscription 'One Anna' at the foot. |
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| Obverse lettering | મांગરોલ બंदर ૧ એक આनो જનરલ સ્ટેમ્પ One Anna |
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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.