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1 Kori - Muhammad Akbar Shah II [Desalji II]
| Issuer | Kutch, Princely state of |
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| Year | 1837 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse description | Central field occupied by a multi-line Devanagari inscription recording the name and title of Rao Desalji II of Kutch, reading 'Rau Shri Deshalji,' with the Vikram Samvat date alongside. A katar (dagger) device appears to the right of the Devanagari date, serving as a mint or issuer symbol. The design is enclosed within a plain inner circle and an outer beaded border consistent with the obverse. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Kutch occupied an awkward position in the early nineteenth century — nominally sovereign, practically subordinate. The 1819 treaty following British intervention against the Wagher pirates formalized Kutch's status as a protected state, which meant subsequent coinage issued under Muhammad Akbar Shah II's name was as much a political fiction as a functioning currency. The Mughal emperor's name appearing on a princely state's coinage was already an anachronism by 1837; Akbar II died that same year, rendering this issue an inadvertent memorial struck at the precise moment the convention it honored became entirely moot.