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1Rupee - Ajit Singh
| Issuer | Princely state of Gwalior (Indian princely states) |
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| Year | 1827-1861 |
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| Currency | Rupee |
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| Obverse description | Central field occupied by a stylized bow and arrow motif rendered in Devanagari-influenced decorative form, surrounded by Devanagari legends filling the field. The design is characteristic of the hammered coinage tradition of Gwalior, with bold raised lettering and symbolic devices distributed across the flan. |
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| Reverse description | Central field features a stylized lotus flower motif, a sacred Hindu symbol frequently employed on the coinage of the Gwalior princely state. The lotus is rendered in a bold, conventionalized form surrounded by Devanagari inscriptions filling the field, typical of the hammered rupee series issued under Ajit Singh. |
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Gwalior under Jayaji Rao Scindia operated its mint with considerable autonomy during a period when the East India Company was steadily absorbing the fiscal machinery of surrounding states. The "Ajit Singh" designation refers not to a ruler but to the mint master — a naming convention specific to Gwalior issues of this period, where the mintmaster's name functioned as a guarantee mark on the coinage.
Production spanned the years immediately before and after the 1857 uprising, which hit Gwalior directly: the city fell to rebel forces before British and Maratha loyalist troops retook it in June 1858.