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Paisa - Jai Singh Deo
| Issuer | Princely state of Rewa (Indian princely states) |
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| Year | 1809-1835 |
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| Weight | 6.97 g |
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| Obverse description | Crude hammered field bearing a multi-line Devanagari legend reading 'Sikka Rewa' (Coin of Rewa), disposed across the flan in a roughly centered arrangement typical of hand-struck issues from the princely states of central India. The inscription is rendered in bold, somewhat irregular characters consistent with the artisanal die-cutting practice of the Rewa mint during the early nineteenth century. No figural or ornamental devices are present; the design relies entirely on the calligraphic legend as the primary identifying element. |
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| Obverse script | Devanagari |
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Rewa's copper coinage of this period circulated under Jai Singh Deo against a backdrop of the state's uneasy accommodation with expanding British paramountcy — the 1812 treaty with the East India Company nominally guaranteed Rewa's internal sovereignty while steadily eroding it in practice. Local copper issues like this paisa continued to serve everyday transactions long after silver coinage increasingly reflected British influence, making the copper series the last genuinely autonomous monetary expression of the Baghela rulers.