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1 Rupee - Edward VII [Raghubir Singhji]
| Issuer | Princely State of Bundi |
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| Year | 1908-1913 |
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| Reference(s) | KM#14a |
| Obverse description | Square flan with rounded corners bearing the Latin legend 'EDWARD VII EMPEROR' arranged in a circular band around the central field. At the centre of the field, a large stylised letter 'A' is prominently rendered in bold raised relief, serving as the principal device of this indigenous princely coinage. The lettering follows the local tradition of adapting imperial titulature in a distinctive vernacular manner, with the inscription filling the full circular border against a flat, unadorned field. |
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| Obverse lettering | EDWARD VII EMPEROR A |
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Bundi's coinage under Raghubir Singhji occupied an odd constitutional position — the state retained the right to strike silver rupees, a privilege many princely states had already surrendered to British India by this period. The obverse naming Edward VII on a feudatory state coin reflects the layered sovereignty arrangements the British Raj negotiated individually with each ruler, producing a coinage that acknowledged imperial authority while preserving local minting prerogative.
Raghubir Singhji ruled Bundi from 1889 until 1927, and issues across his reign show considerable die variation in execution quality — the Rajputana mints working these series were not operating under the same standardization enforced at Calcutta.