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1 Mohur - George VI [Umaid Singh]
| Issuer | Princely state of Jodhpur |
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| Year | 1942-1943 |
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| Technique | Hammered |
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| Obverse script | Arabic |
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| Reverse description | Central field bearing the Persian/Urdu inscription 'Shri Mataji Bahadur Shri Umaid Singh Maharajadhiraj', identifying the local ruler Maharaja Umaid Singh of Jodhpur. A sword device appears within the legend as a royal emblem, accompanied by a Daroga mint-master mark. The lower portion of the field contains the Vikram Samvat date and the mint name 'Zarb Jodhpur' (struck at Jodhpur), all rendered in Nastaliq script within the hammered irregular field. |
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Jodhpur struck gold mohurs in the early 1940s under Maharaja Umaid Singh, whose reign saw the state navigate a delicate position as Indian independence approached and the princely order's days were numbered. The coin's dual authority — acknowledging George VI as suzerain while naming the Maharaja as issuing lord — reflects the precise constitutional arrangement that governed the 562 princely states under paramountcy.
Jodhpur's gold coinage from this period was produced in very limited quantities, almost certainly for ceremonial and presentation purposes rather than everyday commerce. The 1943 date falls just four years before Jodhpur's accession to the Indian Union.