11/2 Dokda - Victoria [Khengarji III]

Kutch maintained its own coinage well into the British period through a treaty arrangement that permitted the Rao to strike local issues — a privilege jealously guarded and periodically renegotiated with Bombay. Khengarji III, who ruled from 1876 to 1942, was a minor at accession, and the earliest issues of his reign were struck under a regency council. The dual-authority nature of this coin — acknowledging Victoria while carrying Kutchi regal dating — reflects precisely that uneasy administrative balance between princely prerogative and imperial oversight.