2017-08-19 Sat

The decade of 1700: when the power of Mughals was declining and the smaller kingdoms were struggling for their Independence. They were making alliances for their survival. During that time a new threat was rising in the face of foreign traders and they were strengthening their hold on the administration of India.

Many of the Kingdoms came under British rule and were called Princely State of British India. British had their own monetary system but at least 125 states produced their own coinage, mainly in the period from 1800 to 1900, though a number continued to issue coins until 1947. Bajranggarh is one of the Princely states which issued coins during the British period.

Bajranggarh was a small state in the district of Gwalior. The mint epithet of this state was Jainapur, the above shown silver rupee coin was issued in Bajranggarh. The obverse of this depicts an inscription in Devanagari script on the coins within a dotted and line border. The reverse of this coin also depicts an inscription in Devanagari script on the coins within a dotted and line border. The mint of this coin is Jay Nagar.

All the coins, irrespective of when they were minted were struck in the name of Maharaja Jai Singh and bore similar legend in Devanagari script. Today this state is the part of the Jharkhand State.

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