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1 Rupee - George VI / Yagya Narayan Singh Regal Style, Nazarana
| Issuer | Kishangarh, Princely state of |
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| Year | 1936-1938 |
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| Currency | Rupee |
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| Reverse description | Hammered reverse field displaying multi-line Persian-script legends referencing the local ruler Yagya Narayan Singh of Kishangarh, with the characteristic jhar (floral spray or branch) motif incorporated into the design as a dynastic symbol. The calligraphic inscriptions are densely arranged across the irregular flan in the Mughal tradition, with the floral device serving as a mint or ruler mark. The hand-struck surfaces show the typical flatness and irregularity associated with princely hammered rupees of this period. A dotted or foliate border partially frames the legends. |
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| Mintage | ND (1936-1938) - Rare |
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Kishangarh's nazarana rupees were not currency in any practical sense — they were presentation pieces, struck on polished flans with extra care and handed to officials, nobles, or petitioners at durbars as tokens of royal favor. The regal-style obverse acknowledges British suzerainty while the native administration retained enough autonomy to issue coin in its own name, a carefully negotiated fiction that persisted across dozens of princely states until 1947. Yagya Narayan Singh ruled Kishangarh from 1926 to 1939, making this issue attributable to the final years of his reign.