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1 Cash - Ayilyam Thirunal Rama Varma
| Issuer | Travancore, Kingdom of |
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| Year | 1860-1880 |
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| Value | 1 Cash (1⁄448) |
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| Obverse description | Central device depicting Sri Krishna standing facing, holding balls of butter in both raised hands, rendered in low relief. The figure is enclosed within a beaded or dotted border forming a complete circle, with the design presented in a simple, stylised indigenous artistic tradition characteristic of Travancore coinage of the period. |
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| Reverse description | Central device consisting of a Sudarsana Chakra rendered as a six-pointed star (hexagram) formed by two interlaced triangles, with a raised central pellet at the intersection. The star is enclosed within a beaded dotted border forming a complete circle, with decorative elements visible in the field surrounding the chakra, consistent with the Hindu iconographic tradition employed throughout Travancore regal coinage. |
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Travancore's copper cash coinage of this period was produced at the state's own mint in Thiruvananthapuram, one of the few princely states in British India that retained full authority over its small-denomination copper issues. Ayilyam Thirunal's reign saw continued resistance to the absorption of Travancore's monetary system into the broader British Indian framework — a negotiation that played out differently across each princely state depending on treaty terms and the leverage of the ruler.
At 6 mm, this is among the smallest coins struck by any Indian issuing authority of the 19th century. The KM#20 attribution covers a wide production window with no documented annual breakdowns.