Kutch retained the unusual privilege of striking its own silver coinage well into the British colonial period, a concession rooted in the state's early cooperation with the East India Company during the 1819 campaign against the Waghers. Khengarji III ruled for over six decades — one of the longest reigns of any Indian princely ruler — and the coinage issued under his name spans a remarkable range of regnally-dated types tied to both the Victorian and Edwardian imperial obverses required by the Crown.
The Y#37.7 designation reflects one of several die marriages within this emission; Kutch 5 Kori varieties are distinguished primarily by positioning of the Vikrama Samvat date and minor differences in the local Kutchi script treatment around the julus year.
Kutch retained the unusual privilege of striking its own silver coinage well into the British colonial period, a concession rooted in the state's early cooperation with the East India Company during the 1819 campaign against the Waghers. Khengarji III ruled for over six decades — one of the longest reigns of any Indian princely ruler — and the coinage issued under his name spans a remarkable range of regnally-dated types tied to both the Victorian and Edwardian imperial obverses required by the Crown.
The Y#37.7 designation reflects one of several die marriages within this emission; Kutch 5 Kori varieties are distinguished primarily by positioning of the Vikrama Samvat date and minor differences in the local Kutchi script treatment around the julus year.