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Dokdo
| Issuer | Nawanagar, Princely state of |
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| Year | 1850 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Central field bears a two-line Gujarati legend in bold, deeply incised characters reading 'શ્રી જામજી' (Shri Jamji), the honorific title and name of the ruling Jam of Nawanagar. The upper portion of the field displays an ornamental device with stylised floral or calligraphic elements characteristic of the hammered coinage of the Kathiawar princely states. The flan is irregular and slightly scyphate in profile, consistent with hand-struck copper issues of the period. |
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| Obverse lettering | શ્રી જામજી |
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Nawanagar was a small princely state on the Kathiawar peninsula in present-day Gujarat, operating its own coinage well into the British paramountcy period. The dokdo — a denomination unique to the Kathiawar region — circulated alongside, and was periodically exchanged against, British India issues at rates subject to local negotiation rather than imperial decree. KM#7 represents one of several copper dokdo types attributed to mid-19th century Nawanagar, a period when the state was navigating the increasingly intrusive administrative reach of the Bombay Presidency.