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Copper kasu
| Issuer | Ramanathapuram, Princely state of |
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| Year | 1800-1900 |
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| Thickness | 6 mm |
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| Reverse lettering | சேதுபதி (Translation: Pronounced se-tu-pa-ti) |
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| Mintage | ND (1800-1900) |
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Ramanathapuram — also known as Ramnad — was a zamindari territory under the Nayaks and later a princely state whose ruling Setupati chiefs had long claimed custodianship of the Rameswaram temple complex. The kasu was a traditional unit deeply embedded in South Indian temple economies, and issues from Ramnad almost certainly circulated as much in ritual and offering contexts as in ordinary trade.
KM#6 is poorly documented in most standard references, with attribution to the broader 19th-century period reflecting uncertainty about which Setupati raja authorized the striking.