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1 Mohur - Victoria and Madho Singh II
| Issuer | Princely State of Jaipur |
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| Year | 1881-1920 |
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| Value | 1 Mohur (16) |
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| Obverse description | The obverse field is entirely occupied by a multi-line Persian-script legend arranged in horizontal registers across the flan, executed in the traditional Mughal-derived hammered style characteristic of Jaipur princely coinage. The inscription records the name and titles of Queen Victoria as suzerain, rendered in Nastaliq calligraphy. Small pellet ornaments and foliate devices punctuate the margins and between registers, serving as decorative fillers. A horizontal line divides the primary legend from a subsidiary inscription in the lower register. The overall design follows the Indo-Mughal epigraphic tradition, with no figurative imagery. |
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| Obverse lettering | ویکٹوریا بادشاہ بیگم |
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Jaipur's gold mohurs of this period were struck under a feudatory arrangement that permitted the state to maintain its own coinage while nominally acknowledging British paramountcy — a concession the British granted selectively, and which Jaipur retained largely due to Madho Singh II's carefully managed loyalty during a period when the Crown was consolidating indirect control across Rajputana. The long date range reflects continuous production under a single regal type rather than annual re-engraving.
Madho Singh II famously transported large quantities of Ganges water to London for the 1902 coronation of Edward VII, carried in two enormous silver urns — possibly the largest silver vessels ever made.