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1 Kori - Muhammad Akbar Shah II [Desalji II]
| Issuer | Kutch, Princely state of |
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| Year | 1818-1830 |
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| Technique | Hammered |
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| Obverse description | Central field bears a Persian legend reading 'zarb Bhuj sanah' (Struck in Bhuj, year), with the Vikram Samvat date inscribed below in Devanagari numerals. A dagger motif pointing to the left appears at the lower left of the field. The overall layout is characteristic of Mughal-influenced princely state coinage, with the inscription arranged in multiple lines across the flan. |
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| Obverse lettering | १८८५ (Translation: Struck in Bhuj (VS) 1885) |
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Kutch maintained its own coinage under nominal Mughal suzerainty long after Mughal authority had effectively collapsed, and the attribution to Muhammad Akbar Shah II on this issue is largely ceremonial — a diplomatic fiction maintained to signal legitimacy rather than any real political submission. Desalji II ruled Kutch as an increasingly independent power during this period, having signed a treaty with the British East India Company in 1819 that formally recognized Kutch autonomy while placing it under British protection.
The dual attribution — local ruler and nominal Mughal emperor simultaneously — was dropped entirely by later Kutch issues as British paramountcy made the Mughal fiction unnecessary.