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⅙ Pavali - Dewan Purnaiya
| Issuer | Mysore, Princely state of |
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| Year | 1799-1810 |
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| Composition | Silver |
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| Obverse description | Crude bust of the goddess Chamundi facing forward, depicted in a stylized manner with a headdress or crown visible above the face. The figure occupies the central field of the small flan, rendered in a primitive but identifiable devotional style characteristic of minor Mysore coinage of the early nineteenth century. |
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| Reverse script | Arabic |
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Purnaiya served as Dewan of Mysore under the infant Krishnaraja Wadiyar III following the death of Tipu Sultan at Seringapatam in 1799, effectively administering the restored Hindu kingdom under British supervision. This tiny fractional issue belongs to the coinage he authorized during that regency period — a silver denomination so small it represents the lower practical limit of hand-struck coinage, intended for the most granular transactions in local bazaar trade.