Banswara was among the smaller Rajput states in the southern Rajputana Agency, and its copper coinage of this period was struck locally with hand-cut dies — accounting for the significant variation in placement, depth, and alignment that makes KM#12 a recognized variety collector's target rather than a simple type coin. The British Raj permitted such autonomous local issues to continue well past mid-century, largely because replacing them with imperial coinage in minor states carried administrative costs that outweighed the symbolic benefit.
Banswara was among the smaller Rajput states in the southern Rajputana Agency, and its copper coinage of this period was struck locally with hand-cut dies — accounting for the significant variation in placement, depth, and alignment that makes KM#12 a recognized variety collector's target rather than a simple type coin. The British Raj permitted such autonomous local issues to continue well past mid-century, largely because replacing them with imperial coinage in minor states carried administrative costs that outweighed the symbolic benefit.