Catalog
1 Jital
| Issuer | Kangra, Kingdom of |
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| Value | 1 Jital |
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| Edge | Rough |
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| Mintage | ND |
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The Kangra kingdom, nestled in the Himalayan foothills of what is now Himachal Pradesh, issued copper jitals as a local trade currency functioning largely independent of the major Sultanate monetary systems pressing in from the plains below. These small coppers circulated in a regional economy built around hill trade routes and temple patronage, and their survival rate is poor — copper in humid mountain environments corrodes aggressively, and most examples that surface today show heavy oxidation or pitting.