Summary

Copper 1 Paisa coin issued by Maharaja Sardar or Dungar Singh for the Bikanir Princely State
Hammered coinage struck in the period 1859 to 1886 AD at the Bikanir mint

Obverse Description

Persian legend (much off flan) giving the name of Queen Victoria and Sardar or Dungar Singh

Reverse Description

Altar-like design of mint marks; above, Persian legend including the date 1916

Edge Description

Plain

Significance

"In the year 1859 Sardar Singh introduced coins of a new type, and acknowledged on them Britain's supremacy in India in place of the Mughal rule recently swept away by the Indian Mutiny. On these pieces Victoria is styled "Ornament of the thrones of India and England" with the date AD 1859, and Samvat, 1916, the type being continued by Dungar Singh and Ganga Singh, and with the same date, the different rulers' coins being, as before, only identifiable in having an additional symbol for each succeeding prince." (Coins in the Indian Museum Calcutta, Vol IV, p.224)

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