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2 Paisa WW II Cash Coupon
| Issuer | Muli Darbar (Princely State of Muli) |
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| Year | 1943-1945 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | Printed in blue on brown pressboard, the obverse is framed by a rectangular border with ornamental corner devices and lateral decorative bands carrying Gujarati inscriptions. A central oval vignette contains a portrait of Thakore Saheb Harish Chandra Sinhji. The denomination panel reading 'બે પઈસા' (Two Paisa) appears at the foot of the design, with the issuing authority legend 'મુળી દરબાર' (Muli Darbar) inscribed across the top panel. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is entirely unprinted, consisting of plain brown pressboard with no design, text, or ornamentation. |
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Muli was a minor thakorate in the Kathiawar region of western India, with a population that numbered in the low thousands. The wartime paper shortage that forced large princely states to issue emergency fractional currency hit Muli particularly hard — the standard coinage supply dried up almost entirely, and the darbar had no realistic access to a formal printer. These coupons were produced on locally available pressboard, which is why surviving examples typically show severe warping, surface abrasion, and fiber separation. The material was never intended for repeated handling.
At 2 paisa, this represents the smallest denomination known from Muli's wartime issue.