Catalog
1 Chuckram - Moolam Thirunal Rama Varma VI
| Issuer | Travancore, Kingdom of |
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| Year | 1906-1935 |
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| Technique | Milled |
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| Obverse description | Central device features a conch shell (shanku), a sacred Hindu symbol, rendered in relief and enclosed within a plain inner circle. Flanking the conch on either side are decorative foliate or floral sprays. The entire design is contained within a beaded border, giving the composition a formal and symmetrical character typical of princely state coinage of the period. |
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| Reverse lettering | ONE CHUCKRAM RV ഒരു ചക്രം (Translation: One Chuckram) |
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Travancore maintained its own coinage well into the twentieth century under an arrangement that made it one of the more administratively autonomous of the Indian princely states. Moolam Thirunal Rama Varma VI reigned from 1885 until his death in 1924, meaning the later dates in this issue's range were struck posthumously under a different ruler — a cataloguing anomaly that has caused persistent confusion about reign attribution for this type.