1 Paisa

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.