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Princely States:Baroda, Ganpat Rao Gaikwad(1847-1856 AD),gold mohur, Baroda mint, Jhar symbol,10.49g

Currency:INR Category:Coins & Paper Money / Indian Coins - Princely States Start Price:NA Estimated At:1,200,000.00 - 1,500,000.00 INR
Princely States:Baroda, Ganpat Rao Gaikwad(1847-1856 AD),gold mohur, Baroda mint, Jhar symbol,10.49g
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Baroda, Ganpat Rao Gaikwad (1847-1856 AD), gold mohur, Baroda mint, 'Jhar' symbol, AH1269/RY5, highly unusual and unpublished, 10.49g. Obv: Farsi legend Ganpat Rav Gayakwad Sena Khas Khel Samsher Bahadur, AH date. Rev: 'Julus’ formula, RY and 'Jhar' symbol with mint-name Baroda.

Unique so far, Exceedingly rare

This coin is unique and unusual in many respects: firstly, it it the earliest coin of any Gaikwad ruler to be struck in his own name. Secondly, it is also the earliest instance of a Baroda coin dated in the regnal era of the Gaikwad ruler, rather than that of the Mughal Emperor and thirdly, it remarkably imitates a coin-design of another state, Jaipur. The years on the coin correspond to 1852-53AD. For a few years before this, a feud between Bhau Tambekar, the prime minister of the state and Col. James Outram, the British resident had been brewing. The prime minister had the backing of the Maharaja. In 1853, it was resolved that the affairs of Baroda State were to be managed directly from Calcutta, instead of Bombay and Col. Outram was forced to resign. It is not certain if this episode might have prompted the prime minister to issue special coins in the Maharaja's name, but it remains a plausible option.