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1 Paisa WWII Cash Coupon
| Issuer | Jasdan, Princely state of |
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| Year | 1940-1945 |
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| Currency | Rupee |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is printed in dark brown ink on plain paper and is divided into two sections. On the left, a circular vignette contains the state arms or seal of Jasdan, rendered in fine letterpress with decorative scrollwork and a central crowned device. To the right, the denomination and lot number are printed in bold Gujarati script and numerals, with the legend 'LOT NO.' followed by an alphanumeric designation in Roman characters beneath. |
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| Obverse lettering | અક પૈસો ૧ LOT NO. |
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Jasdan was a minor thikana in the Kathiawar Agency of Bombay Presidency — a small enough state that it had no business issuing currency under normal circumstances. But World War II created acute coinage shortages across British India as metal was redirected toward the war effort, and dozens of princely states, particularly in Kathiawar, responded by issuing emergency paper cash coupons to fill the fractional currency gap left by vanishing bronze and copper coins.
Pick S321 is among the lowest denominations issued by any Indian princely authority — one paisa being a sixty-fourth of a rupee. That Jasdan felt compelled to print at that level reflects just how completely small-denomination coinage had dried up by the early 1940s.