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1 Rupee - Ram Simha - II Jaintiapur
| Issuer | Jaintia Kingdom |
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| Year | 1790 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Central field occupied by four lines of Bengali script inscription arranged in a roughly square block, referencing the ruler Ram Simha II and the Jaintia Kingdom. The legends are rendered in a bold, archaic hand characteristic of northeastern Indian feudatory coinage. The inscription is enclosed within a plain inner circle, which is in turn surrounded by a beaded border running along the full circumference of the coin. |
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| Reverse description | Central field bearing four lines of Bengali script inscription, conveying regnal and denominational information associated with the Jaintia rulers. The lettering is boldly incused and arranged symmetrically within the coin's field. An inner circle frames the legend block, itself enclosed by a continuous beaded border consistent with the obverse treatment, reflecting the standard hammered coinage style of the Jaintia Kingdom. |
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The Jaintia Kingdom, occupying the hills of what is now Meghalaya and parts of Assam, maintained a remarkably persistent coinage tradition despite sustained pressure from both the Ahom Kingdom to the north and, later, the expanding East India Company. Ram Simha II ruled in the late eighteenth century as the Company was consolidating Bengal, yet Jaintia retained enough autonomy to strike its own silver well into this period. The kingdom would not be formally annexed until 1835.
KM#206 is among the scarcer issues of this small hill state's series, with surviving examples often showing uneven flan preparation characteristic of the local mint's limited technical infrastructure.