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1 Paisa - Dungar Singh In the name of Victoria
| Issuer | Bikanir, Princely state of |
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| Year | 1872-1887 |
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| Reference(s) | KM#50 |
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| Obverse script | Arabic |
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| Reverse description | Bold Persian legend in Nasta'liq script arranged across the field, reading 'Zarb Sri Bikaner' (Struck in Bikaner), accompanied by the Vikram Samvat date 1916, corresponding to 1872–1887 CE. Symbols associated with the ruling House of Rathods of Bikaner appear in the field. The inscription fills the flan in the Mughal hammered-coin tradition, with raised lettering in high relief and a plain, slightly irregular flan edge characteristic of hand-struck princely state issues. |
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Bikaner's copper paisas of this period were struck under the nominal authority of the British Crown while Dungar Singh navigated the careful political balancing act expected of a cooperative princely ruler. The "in the name of Victoria" formula was not ceremonial window-dressing — it reflected treaty obligations that placed Bikaner firmly within the British subsidiary alliance system, requiring acknowledgment of imperial suzerainty on the coinage itself.
Dungar Singh ruled from 1872 until his death in 1887, and this issue spans his entire reign without modification to the die, which was common practice for smaller Rajputana mints operating with limited technical resources.