1 Cash - Ayilyam Thirunal Rama Varma

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.