1 Puttun - Cochin British Protectorate

Cochin was among the earliest Indian states to enter into a subsidiary alliance with the East India Company, doing so in 1791, which left the raja nominally sovereign but militarily dependent on British protection. By the 1850s, coinage authority was increasingly a formality. This tiny silver piece was struck during the reign of Rama Varma IX, in the final years before the Crown assumed direct administration of Indian affairs following the 1857 uprising.

At 0.52 grams, these were among the smallest silver coins in circulation anywhere in British India's orbit — regularly lost, hoarded, or melted rather than spent.