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1 Anna WWII Cash Coupon
| Issuer | Jaora State |
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| Year | 1940-1948 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse lettering | JAORA STATE ONE ANNA एक आना |
| Reverse description | Plain unprinted paper reverse bearing a single stamped serial number applied vertically in dark ink, serving as the sole identifying element on this side. |
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Jaora was a small Muslim princely state in Central India — present-day Madhya Pradesh — that retained the right to issue its own currency instruments under British paramountcy. These cash coupons were wartime expedients, issued as local fractional currency when small-denomination coin shortages became acute across India during the Second World War. The broader shortage was partly structural and partly hoarding-driven, with British India's Royal Mint unable to keep pace with wartime demand.
The 1 Anna denomination puts this squarely in emergency-scrip territory. No Pick number has been assigned, which reflects how poorly documented Jaora's paper issues remain in the major references.