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Sayaji Rao II: Copper paisa in name of Muhammad Akbar II, Baroda, sword type,
AH 1236/RY 16
Weight: 11.16 gm. Diameter: 20 mm Die axis: 9 o'clock
Legend naming Muhammad Akbar II, AH date 1236 (= 1820-21 CE) /
Legend, with scimitar to left of the julus, RY date 16, Nagari sa (for Sayaji)
Reference: KM C33.1
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This coin features a scimitar.
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Sayaji Rao II: Copper 1/2 paisa in name of Muhammad Akbar II, Baroda, sword type,
AH 1236/RY 16
Weight: 5.87 gm. Diameter: 16 mm Die axis: 9 o'clock
Legend naming Muhammad Akbar II, AH date 1236 (= 1820-21 CE) /
Legend, with scimitar to left of the julus, RY date 16, Nagari sa (for Sayaji)
Reference: KM C31.1
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The half paisa version of the previous coin.
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Sayaji Rao II: Copper paisa in name of Muhammad Akbar II, Baroda, complex cross type,
AH 1241/RY 20
Weight: 9.90 gm. Diameter: 19-20 mm Die axis: 10 o'clock
Legend naming Muhammad Akbar II, AH date 1241 (= 1825-26 CE) /
Legend, with sa and regnal year date 20, complex, outlined cross at right
Reference: KM C33.2
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This coin features a complex cross.
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Sayaji Rao II: Copper paisa in name of Muhammad Akbar II, Baroda, four arrows type,
AH 1243/RY 23
Weight: 10.26 gm. Diameter: 20 mm Die axis: 10 o'clock
Legend naming Muhammad Akbar II, AH date 1243 (= 1827-28 CE)
and prominent cluster of dots (lotus? sun?)/
Legend, with sa and regnal year date 23, 4 arrows arranged to form an open cross at right
Reference: KM C33.3
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This coin features four arrows arranged to create an open cross.
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Sayaji Rao II: Copper paisa in name of Muhammad Akbar II, Baroda, rayed sun type,
AH 1247/RY 27
Weight: 9.75 gm. Diameter: 18-20 mm Die axis: 8 o'clock
Legend naming Muhammad Akbar II, AH date 1247 (= 1831-32 CE)
and prominent cluster of dots (lotus? sun?)/
Legend, with sa and regnal year date 27, rayed sun at right
Reference: KM C33.4
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This coin features a rayed sun.
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Sayaji Rao II: Copper 1/2 paisa in name of Muhammad Akbar II, Baroda, rayed sun type,
with error AH date 1661!
Weight: 4.42 gm. Diameter: 16-17 mm Die axis: 6 o'clock
Legend naming Muhammad Akbar II, AH date 1661!
Legend, with rayed sun at right
Reference: KM C31.4 var
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This coin is the half paisa version of the rayed sun type. The coin carries an obvious error date of AH 1661! This date is extremely
strange. It could easily have been explained as a retrograde 1221, but that year was the first year of Sayaji Rao's reign, when his coins carried a dagger symbol, not a rayed sun.
The rayed sun coins were issued only in AH 1247. So how the die cutter mistakenly carved 1661 on this coin is a complete mystery!
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Sayaji Rao II: Copper paisa in name of Muhammad Akbar II, Baroda, streamers type,
AH 1248/RY 28
Weight: 9.97 gm. Diameter: 21-23 mm Die axis: 10 o'clock
Legend naming Muhammad Akbar II, AH date 1248 (= 1832-33 CE)
Legend, with ma, sa, ja and regnal year date 28, standard with streamers at right
Reference: KM 33.11 var.
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This coin features a standard with streamers that looks somewhat like a hookah. Krause shows a type with this standard and a branch
to the right. On this coin, however, there is no branch ... possibly a unique coin! Further, the KM specimen does not have a visible date; on this coin, however, the date is clearly
visible, so we can place the type in its correct sequence.
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Sayaji Rao II: Copper paisa in name of Muhammad Akbar II, Baroda, elephant type,
AH (1249)/RY 29
Weight: 9.98 gm. Diameter: 18-20 mm Die axis: 9 o'clock
Legend naming Muhammad Akbar II, AH date off flan /
Legend, with ma and regnal year date 29, elephant right and standard with streamers at right
Reference: KM ---
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This coin features an elephant right and the hookah-like standard with streamers. It looks like the elephant may have been added to a
die for the "hookah" type.
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Sayaji Rao II: Copper paisa in name of Muhammad Akbar II, Baroda, flag type,
AH 1251/RY 31
Weight: 10.28 gm. Diameter: 20-21 mm Die axis: 10 o'clock
Legend naming Muhammad Akbar II, AH date 1251 (= 1835-36 CE) /
Legend, with sa and regnal year date 31, flag right
Reference: KM C33.5
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This coin features a flag. Note that the coin appears to be overstruck!
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Sayaji Rao II: Copper 1/2 paisa in name of Muhammad Akbar II, Baroda, flag type,
AH 1251/(RY 31)
Weight: 4.92 gm. Diameter: 15-16 mm Die axis: 9 o'clock
Legend naming Muhammad Akbar II, AH date 1251 (= 1835-36 CE) /
Legend, with sa and regnal year date 31 off flan, flag right
Reference: KM C31.5
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The half paisa of the flag type.
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Sayaji Rao II: Copper paisa in name of Muhammad Akbar II, Baroda, hollow flower type,
AH 1253/RY 33
Weight: 10.21 gm. Diameter: 19-21 mm Die axis: 11 o'clock
Legend naming Muhammad Akbar II, AH date 1253 (= 1837-38 CE) /
Legend, with sa, ja and regnal year date 33, hollow three-petalled flower at right
Reference: KM C33.12
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This coin features a hollow three-petalled flower. Krause lists this type without a date ... this coin establishes a date and proper
sequencing for this type.
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Sayaji Rao II: Copper paisa in name of Muhammad Akbar II, Baroda, solid flower type,
AH 1254
Weight: 9.55 gm. Diameter: 19-21 mm Die axis: 12 o'clock
Legend naming Muhammad Akbar II, AH date 1254 (= 1838-39 CE) /
Legend, with sa, ja, solid three-petalled flower at right
Reference: KM C33.9
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This coin features a solid three-petalled flower. Krause lists this type without a date ... this coin establishes a date and proper
sequencing for this type.
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Sayaji Rao II: Copper paisa in name of Muhammad Akbar II, Baroda, horse hoof type,
AH 12(55)/RY 35
Weight: 9.55 gm. Diameter: 19-21 mm Die axis: 12 o'clock
Legend naming Muhammad Akbar II, AH date 12(55) (= 1839-40 CE) /
Legend, with sa and regnal year date 35, unusual shape (horse hoof ?) at left
Reference: KM C33.10
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This coin features an unusual shape that Krause refers to as a hoof. As a horse hoof became a central symbol of Baroda coinage in
the reign of Sayaji Rao III, this would be an interesting interpretation.
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Sayaji Rao II: Copper paisa in name of Muhammad Akbar II, Baroda, circle type,
AH 1260/RY 40
Weight: 10.08 gm. Diameter: 20 mm Die axis: 6 o'clock
Legend naming Muhammad Akbar II, AH date 1260 (= 1844-45 CE) /
Legend, with sa and regnal year date 40, vertically shaded circle in center
Reference: KM C33.8
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This coin features a vertically shaded circle.
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