2 Paisa - Dule Singh

Sailana was among the smallest of the Rajput princely states in central India, covering roughly 300 square miles in what is now Madhya Pradesh. Its rulers maintained the right to issue copper coinage — a privilege the British permitted to minor states largely as a matter of administrative convenience rather than economic necessity. Dule Singh ruled from 1874 to 1895, and issues under his name are irregularly produced, with meaningful variation in flan preparation and striking pressure across surviving examples.