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1 Paisa - Bhonslas Katak mint
| Issuer | Maratha Empire |
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| Year | 1788-1816 |
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| Weight | 9.28 g |
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| Reverse description | The reverse bears the Katak (Cuttack) mint mark rendered in Nagari script, appearing as a stylised inscription divided by a horizontal bar or line across the field, a distinctive feature of the Bhonsla Katak mint issues. The upper portion displays cursive Nagari characters above the dividing line, while the lower field contains additional script elements. The surface shows heavy patination with areas of green cuprite corrosion consistent with an aged copper issue struck at the Cuttack mint under Bhonsla authority. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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The Bhonslas of Nagpur operated the Katak mint — Cuttack, in present-day Odisha — following their consolidation of control over the region in the mid-eighteenth century. The mint changed hands repeatedly as Maratha power in the eastern Deccan eroded under British pressure, and by 1803 the Second Anglo-Maratha War had effectively stripped the Nagpur Bhonslas of Cuttack entirely, the city passing to the East India Company after Wellesley's campaign. Paisa production continued in the name of Maratha authority even as actual political control collapsed beneath it.