Catalog
1 Paiso WW II Cash Coupon
| Issuer | Mengni Taluka State |
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| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | Undated uniface World War II cash coupon printed on pressboard. A vignette of a cow appears at center, framed by a scroll cartouche bearing the English legend along the top and Gujarati text throughout the body of the note. No serial number or date is present. |
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| Obverse lettering | MANGNI TALUKA in English Gujarati Text saying `State Mengni Taluka Revenue Stamp, One Paiso` |
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Mengni Taluka was a small princely state in the Kathiawar region of what is now Gujarat, and like several minor talukas during the Second World War, it resorted to issuing its own low-denomination scrip when small coin shortages became acute across British India. The wartime metal requisitions of the early 1940s drained subsidiary coinage from circulation at the local level, and taluka administrations were left to improvise.
The pressboard composition is notable — this is closer to stiff card stock than conventional banknote paper, which accounts for the high attrition rate among surviving examples. Most have split along fold lines or suffered edge deterioration from handling.