Nawanagar's kori coinage occupied an awkward political position: the state was entitled to mint its own silver under its sanad from the British, but the issues were subject to periodic scrutiny from the Bombay Presidency over fineness standards. Vibhaji ruled from 1852 until his death in 1895, and this late issue — struck in the final years of his reign — coincides with a period of significant administrative pressure from the colonial government to rationalize the currencies of Kathiawar's numerous princely mints.
The kori itself remained the dominant trade unit across Kathiawar well into the twentieth century, long outlasting several of the states that struck it.
Nawanagar's kori coinage occupied an awkward political position: the state was entitled to mint its own silver under its sanad from the British, but the issues were subject to periodic scrutiny from the Bombay Presidency over fineness standards. Vibhaji ruled from 1852 until his death in 1895, and this late issue — struck in the final years of his reign — coincides with a period of significant administrative pressure from the colonial government to rationalize the currencies of Kathiawar's numerous princely mints.
The kori itself remained the dominant trade unit across Kathiawar well into the twentieth century, long outlasting several of the states that struck it.