Kutch maintained its own coinage authority well into the twentieth century, one of the few princely states permitted to strike copper in its own name alongside the dominant British Imperial issues. The 1928 date falls under Khengarji III, the Maharao who oversaw Kutch through the late colonial period and negotiated its administration carefully enough to preserve these minting privileges long after most comparable states had lost them.
The trambiyo denomination — one-eighth of an anna — served the lowest-value transactions in coastal Kutch, where the economy ran heavily on salt trading and small-boat commerce through the Rann.
Kutch maintained its own coinage authority well into the twentieth century, one of the few princely states permitted to strike copper in its own name alongside the dominant British Imperial issues. The 1928 date falls under Khengarji III, the Maharao who oversaw Kutch through the late colonial period and negotiated its administration carefully enough to preserve these minting privileges long after most comparable states had lost them.
The trambiyo denomination — one-eighth of an anna — served the lowest-value transactions in coastal Kutch, where the economy ran heavily on salt trading and small-boat commerce through the Rann.