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2 Annas - Jafar Ali Khan
| Issuer | Princely state of Cambay (Indian princely states) |
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| Year | 1895 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Central field dominated by large Arabic script inscription giving the name of the ruler, Jafar Ali Khan, rendered in bold calligraphic Nastaliq style. A small diamond-shaped ornament appears above the main legend. The irregular flan, characteristic of hammered coinage, displays a slightly uneven border typical of Indian princely state issues of this period. |
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| Mintage | 1313 (1895) |
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Cambay's coinage authority was always precarious. The state's rulers operated under tight British paramountcy, and by the 1890s the Political Department had largely standardized currency across Gujarat's princely territories. That Cambay continued striking its own silver fractions this late is somewhat anomalous — most comparable states had surrendered minting rights earlier in the century. Jafar Ali Khan ruled from 1880 until his death in 1915, and KM#7 represents one of the last indigenous silver issues from a state whose port had once been among the most active on the western coast of India.