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4 Cash - Uthram Thirunal Marthanda Varma II
| Issuer | Travancore, Kingdom of |
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| Year | 1849-1860 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse lettering | ௪ (Translation: 4) |
| Reverse description | Central Sudarshana Chakra rendered as a six-pointed star (hexagram) formed by two interlocking triangles, with a raised central boss at the intersection point. The star is enclosed within a plain inner circle, itself surrounded by an ornate border of radiating flame-like or lotus-petal motifs, all contained within an outer beaded circle. The Sudarshana Chakra, the sacred discus of Vishnu, served as the principal dynastic emblem of the Travancore rulers and appears prominently on virtually all coinage of the state. |
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Uthram Thirunal Marthanda Varma II ruled Travancore from 1847 under the suzerainty of the British East India Company, and the copper cash issues of his reign reflect the kingdom's peculiar monetary position — nominally independent, practically supervised. The 4 Cash denomination sat at the functional base of everyday trade in a Kerala economy still heavily reliant on small copper for bazaar transactions.
KM#18 was struck at the Travancore state mint in Thiruvananthapuram, one of the few princely mints the Company permitted to continue operating through this period.