2 Rupees - Vikramajit Mahendra Nazarana Double Rupee

Nazarana coins were not struck for trade — they were presentation pieces, handed as gifts during durbars, festivals, and ceremonial occasions by the ruling chief to nobles, courtiers, and honored guests. Orchha, a Bundela Rajput state in what is now Madhya Pradesh, issued these pieces across a remarkably long span under Vikramajit Mahendra, whose reign stretched through most of the nineteenth century under British paramountcy. The extra weight relative to a standard double rupee was deliberate: the prestige of the gift was literally measured in silver.

The century-long date range on C#33 reflects continuous use of the same dies or closely related ones — a common Princely State practice where regal years were not always updated with precision.