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1 Paisa - Victoria
| Issuer | Bundi, Princely state of |
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| Year | 1858-1899 |
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| Currency | Rupee |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Reverse displays a crude incuse device depicting what appears to be a leaping or prancing animal, likely a horse or deer, rendered in the highly schematic and rudimentary engraving style characteristic of Bundi princely state coinage. The design occupies the centre of the irregular rectangular flan, with the surrounding field showing the rough, uneven surface typical of hand-struck hammered copper issues. The overall execution reflects the primitive minting technology employed at the Bundi state mint during the Victorian era. |
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Bundi was among the smaller Rajput states that continued striking their own copper coinage well into the treaty era, operating with considerable autonomy in local monetary matters despite nominal subordination to the Crown after 1858. The Y#2 paisa type spans over four decades of production under a single ruler attribution, which accounts for the wide variation in flan quality, strike sharpness, and die condition encountered across the series. Later strikes in particular tend toward crude execution as the original dies deteriorated and were recut by local craftsmen with diminishing precision.