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1 Rupee - Victoria Inglistan / Prithvi Singh Regal Style
| Issuer | Kishangarh, Princely state of |
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| Year | 1858 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Central field occupied by a bold, crudely engraved Persian (Farsi) legend in flowing Nasta'liq script, naming Queen Victoria and the British crown in the regal style. The inscription is arranged in multiple registers across the flan, with the sovereign's name and the date 1858 clearly incorporated within the legend. The lettering is characteristic of locally produced hammered coinage, displaying the irregular strike and slightly uneven flan typical of Kishangarh mint production. No portraiture is present; the design is entirely epigraphic. The overall presentation reflects the hybrid political authority of a princely state operating under British suzerainty. |
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| Obverse lettering | سکه مبارک بعحد ملکه معظمه سلطنت انگلستان وکتوریا سنه ۱۸۵۸ (Translation: Sikkah Mubarak bi`ahd / Sultanat / Malika Mu`azzamah / Inglistan / Victoria / 1858/9) |
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Kishangarh's regal-style rupees of 1858 occupy an odd constitutional moment: issued the same year the Crown formally dissolved the East India Company following the Mutiny, transferring direct authority over India to the British government. Princely states like Kishangarh retained the right to strike their own coinage under suzerainty arrangements, but the political ground had shifted permanently beneath them. Many states quietly retired their independent issues within a generation.
The JL#10.04 attribution places this within Jairaj Lal's systematic classification of Kishangarh types — a reference that remains indispensable for distinguishing the genuine regal issues from later restrike material known to exist for several Rajputana series.