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1 Mohur - Lakshman Singh
| Issuer | Dungarpur, Princely state of |
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| Year | 1943 |
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| Diameter | 21 mm |
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| Obverse script | Devanagari |
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| Reverse description | Central device consists of a tall, upright katar (push dagger) set upon a low platform or hilt guard, rendered in bold relief. A spray of olive or laurel branches flanks the right side of the dagger, with Devanagari inscriptions appearing to the left. The legend records the regnal or Vikrama Samvat dating. The whole design is enclosed within a milled border, consistent with the obverse treatment. |
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Dungarpur was one of the smaller Rajput states in southern Rajasthan, and its gold mohur issues of the 1940s are among the final chapter of princely coinage in India — the Political Department in Delhi was actively discouraging new issues by this point, and instrument of accession would follow within four years. Lakshman Singh ruled Dungarpur from 1918 until merger with the Indian Union in 1948, making this a late-reign piece struck when the political ground was already shifting beneath the state's feet.
Feuchtwanger's reference number for this type is among the thinner-documented entries in that catalog.