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Accession Medallic Half Rupee - Gulab Singh
| Issuer | Princely state of Rewa (Indian princely states) |
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| Year | 1919 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse description | Central device depicting a stylized tree or standard flanked by two rampant lions facing inward, all within a beaded inner circle. The design is rendered in a flat, indigenous artistic style characteristic of Indian princely state coinage of the early twentieth century. The field is plain and the overall composition is contained within a dentillated border. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Gulab Singh acceded to the gaddi of Rewa in 1918 following the death of Vyankatarama Raje, and this medallic piece was struck to mark the formal occasion — a practice common among the larger Central Indian states but rarer in Rewa, which produced comparatively little coinage of any kind. The X#M1 designation places it firmly outside the regular currency series, suggesting it was never intended for circulation but rather for ceremonial distribution at durbar.