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1 Kasu Overstrike
| Issuer | Kingdom of Madurai (Indian Hindu Dynasties) |
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| Year | 1674-1815 |
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| Value | 1 Kasu |
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| Reverse script | Tamil/Nagari |
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| Mintage | ND (1674-1815) |
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The Madurai Nayaks collapsed as a ruling dynasty in 1736, but coinage attributed to the kingdom continued circulating — and being struck — well into the period of expanding Company influence. The "overstrike" designation here is the critical detail: these pieces were produced by counterstamping or striking over earlier host coins, a practice that tells you more about metal scarcity and administrative improvisation than any mint record could. Identifying the host type beneath is a minor specialist discipline in itself.