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1 Kori - George V [Khengarji III]
| Issuer | Princely State of Kutch |
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| Year | 1913-1927 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | The obverse field is fully occupied by a four-line Urdu inscription in Naskh script, reading 'George / Kaiser-i-Hind / Zarb Bhuj / 1913', identifying the ruling British sovereign as Emperor of India and recording the Bhuj Mint as the place of striking along with the Christian-era date in Eastern Arabic numerals. The bold, deeply incused lettering fills the flat field to the rim without a border or decorative device, reflecting the plain epigraphic style characteristic of Kutch coinage of this period. |
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| Reverse script | Devanagari |
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Kutch maintained its own coinage well into the twentieth century under the paramountcy arrangement that left internal administration — including currency — largely in the hands of the ruling Jadeja Rajputs. Khengarji III, who ruled from 1876 to 1942, issued coins in the name of the reigning British monarch as a political gesture required under the subsidiary alliance framework, though the Kutch mint at Bhuj operated on its own schedule and to its own tolerances.
The .601 fineness reflects a longstanding regional silver standard distinct from British Indian coinage, a deliberate divergence the colonial administration periodically objected to but never successfully standardized away.