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1 Paisa - Do-Dundi Bhonsla Rajas of Nagpur
| Issuer | Bhonsla Rajas of Nagpur |
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| Year | 1825-1854 |
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| Technique | Hammered |
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| Reverse description | The reverse presents a Persian or Nagari inscription arranged in two registers divided by a horizontal line, characteristic of Bhonsla Nagpur copper coinage. The script is rendered in a flowing, somewhat worn style consistent with hammered provincial issues of this period. The flan is irregularly shaped with a rough, granular surface texture showing significant die wear and strike inconsistency. No mint mark, date, or decorative border is discernible, reflecting the undated nature of this issue. |
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| Mintage | ND (1825-1854) |
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The Bhonsla rajas of Nagpur were effectively vassals of the British from 1817, following the Third Anglo-Maratha War. When Raghoji III died without a natural heir in 1853, Lord Dalhousie applied the Doctrine of Lapse and annexed Nagpur directly into British India — making this the final coinage series the dynasty would ever issue. Production likely continued until annexation rendered the mint redundant.