Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
1 Hoan - Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj
| Issuer | Maratha Empire (Indian states) |
|---|---|
| Year | 1664 |
| Type | Log in to see details |
| Value | Log in to see details |
| Currency | Rupee (1674-1818) |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Weight | Log in to see details |
| Diameter | Log in to see details |
| Thickness | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Technique | Log in to see details |
| Orientation | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | Log in to see details |
|---|---|
| Obverse script | Log in to see details |
| Obverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Reverse description | Log in to see details |
| Reverse script | Log in to see details |
| Reverse lettering | छत्र पति |
| Edge | Log in to see details |
| Mint | Log in to see details |
| Mintage | 1664: ND (1664) |
| Additional information |
The hona (or hon) was the primary gold coinage of the Maratha Empire, but silver fractions circulated alongside it for smaller transactions. Shivaji's mint operations were formalized following his sack of Surat in 1664 — the same year as this issue — when the enormous plunder he seized from one of the Mughal Empire's wealthiest trading ports gave him both the bullion and the political confidence to assert an independent coinage. Issuing one's own currency was an explicit rejection of Mughal monetary authority.
Shivaji would not formally receive the title Chhatrapati until his coronation at Raigad in 1674.