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1 Takka
| Issuer | Bharatpur, Princely state of |
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| Year | 1792 |
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| Thickness | 6.33 mm |
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| Obverse description | Plain field bearing a decorative arrangement of dots disposed in a star-like circular pattern, a distinctive feature of this emission. The customary regnal date, normally found between two horizontal lines, is absent on this variety. The flan is irregular and slightly squared, consistent with hammered copper coinage of the Bharatpur mint. The surface shows the characteristic rough texture of cast or crudely struck copper issues of the period. |
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| Reverse description | Central device composed of a katar (punch-dagger) of the distinctive form characteristic of Bharatpur coinage, rendered in low relief against a plain field. The katar, a traditional Indian push-dagger with a crossbar hilt and broad double-edged blade, served as the principal heraldic emblem of the Bharatpur rulers. The flan edges are irregular, consistent with the hammered manufacture typical of this copper series. No surrounding legend or subsidiary devices are present. |
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Bharatpur's coinage of this period was struck under the Sindhia-aligned Jat rulers, who had successfully resisted even Mughal sieges and leveraged that reputation into semi-autonomous minting rights. KM#31 is a product of that defiant local authority — copper issues like this one circulated within a tightly bounded regional economy rather than competing with Mughal or later Company silver.