Kutch maintained its own gold coinage well into the British period largely because the East India Company — and later the Crown — found it expedient to leave cooperative princely states their monetary privileges rather than spend political capital forcing standardization. Pragmalji II ruled from 1860 to 1875, a period when Kutch was nominally under British suzerainty but retained considerable administrative independence. The 100 Kori was the largest denomination in the local reckoning, with the Kori system itself rooted in the older regional trade economy of the Rann of Kutch and Gulf of Khambhat.
The .906 fineness is characteristic of Bhuj mint output — slightly below the British sovereign standard, reflecting local assay tradition rather than debasement intent.
Kutch maintained its own gold coinage well into the British period largely because the East India Company — and later the Crown — found it expedient to leave cooperative princely states their monetary privileges rather than spend political capital forcing standardization. Pragmalji II ruled from 1860 to 1875, a period when Kutch was nominally under British suzerainty but retained considerable administrative independence. The 100 Kori was the largest denomination in the local reckoning, with the Kori system itself rooted in the older regional trade economy of the Rann of Kutch and Gulf of Khambhat.
The .906 fineness is characteristic of Bhuj mint output — slightly below the British sovereign standard, reflecting local assay tradition rather than debasement intent.