Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
5 Kori - Madanasinghji Indian Independence
| Issuer | Princely State of Kutch |
|---|---|
| Year | 1947 |
| Type | Log in to see details |
| Value | Log in to see details |
| Currency | Kori (1586-1947) |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Weight | Log in to see details |
| Diameter | Log in to see details |
| Thickness | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Technique | Log in to see details |
| Orientation | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | Log in to see details |
|---|---|
| Obverse script | Log in to see details |
| Obverse lettering | कोरी पांच कच्छ भुज २००४ महाराजा धिराज मिरजां महाराउ श्री मदनसिंहजी सवाई बहादुर (Translation: Five koris, Kutch Bhuj, 2004 Maharaja Shree Madansinghji the brave) |
| Reverse description | Log in to see details |
| Reverse script | Devanagari/Latin |
| Reverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Edge | Log in to see details |
| Mint | Log in to see details |
| Mintage | Log in to see details |
| Additional information |
Kutch was one of the last princely states to strike silver coinage before the integration of the Indian states into the Union. This 5 Kori was issued under Madanasinghji, who acceded to India in 1948, making the 1947 issues among the final coins produced under his authority as a sovereign ruler. The Kutch mint had maintained a continuous coinage tradition stretching back centuries, and its silver Koris were locally trusted currency with deep roots in the maritime trade networks of the Rann and the Gulf of Kutch.
The .937 fineness is notably higher than the debased silver circulating in much of British India by this date.