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1 Paisa - Dulhe Singh
| Issuer | Sailana, Princely state of |
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| Year | 1850-1895 |
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| Value | 1 Paisa (1⁄64) |
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| Obverse description | Central device depicting a stylised flag or banner rendered in low relief, with concentric arched lines above and a small animal figure below, characteristic of the primitive hammered coinage of the Sailana princely state. The design is executed in a crude, folk artistic style typical of minor Indian princely issues of the mid-to-late nineteenth century. The flan is irregular and the fields are flat and unadorned, with no legend or inscription present. |
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| Reverse description | Plain, largely flat field bearing a group of three or four raised circular pellets or bosses arranged in an irregular cluster toward the left-centre of the flan, with no other discernible devices or inscriptions. The surface shows heavy porosity and corrosion consistent with a crudely struck hammered copper issue, and the flan edges are rough and irregular throughout. |
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Sailana was among the smallest of the Rajput princely states in Malwa, covering barely 300 square miles with revenues to match. The right to strike copper coinage was jealously maintained by such minor states as a marker of sovereignty, even when the practical circulation territory amounted to a handful of villages. Dulhe Singh ruled from 1850 to 1895, and this paisa spans that entire reign — no attempt was made to mark regnal years, leaving the full 45-year window as the attributable range.