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1 Rupee - Victoria Inglistan / Prithvi Singh Regal Style, Narazana Issue
| Issuer | Princely state of Kishangarh (Indian princely states) |
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| Year | 1858 |
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| Reference(s) | Y#1.1a, JL#10.04 |
| Obverse description | The obverse field is entirely occupied by a multi-line Persian (Farsi) legend crudely engraved in Naskh script, filling the flan in the traditional Mughal regal style. The inscription, arranged in curved registers across the coin's surface, reads the auspicious sikka formula invoking the authority of Queen Victoria of England (Malkah Mu'azzamah Saltanat-i Inglistan Victoriya) with the Hijri-equivalent date Sanah 1858. The workmanship is characteristic of provincial hammered coinage, with irregular letter forms and an uneven, slightly scalloped flan edge. No portraiture or figurative imagery appears; the design is purely epigraphic in the Mughal tradition adapted for the Kishangarh princely mint. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Kishangarh's 1858 rupee sits at an unusual political inflection point: the East India Company's authority collapsed that year following the Sepoy Mutiny, and direct Crown rule replaced it under the Government of India Act. Princely states like Kishangarh retained the right to strike their own coinage, but the political ground had fundamentally shifted. This Narazana issue — struck under Prithvi Singh — carries the Victoria regal style designation, reflecting the newly proclaimed imperial relationship rather than the older Company framework.