Catalog
1 Pice Bander Dholera
| Issuer | British East India Company (Bandar Dholera) |
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| Year | 1220 |
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| Reference(s) | KM# 1 |
| Obverse description | Irregularly shaped hammered copper flan bearing the Persian Nastaliq legend 'کمپانی سرکار بہادر' (Kampani Sarkar Bahadur, meaning 'The Honourable Company Government') distributed across the field in the characteristic flowing script of early East India Company coinage. The inscription is boldly struck but displays the typical irregularities associated with hand-struck provincial issues. The legend fills the entire field without a formal border, reflecting the utilitarian nature of this local mercantile coinage. The surface shows natural flan preparation marks consistent with hammered copper production. |
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| Obverse lettering | کمپانی سرکار بہادر |
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Dholera was a minor coastal trading port on the Gulf of Khambhat in Gujarat, and the East India Company's local copper coinage here was never a large-scale monetary operation — it served the specific commercial needs of the bandar, the Gujarati term for a port or trading station. The AH 1220 date places this issue around 1805–06 CE, a period when the Company was systematically formalizing control over western Indian trade routes following the Second Anglo-Maratha War's preliminary campaigns.
KM#1 is the sole recorded type for this mint, suggesting extremely limited and possibly short-lived production.