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# 411Rupee nd Lakshman SinghIndia D Princely States - Banswara
India – Banswara – Lakshman Singh (AD 1844-1905). Rupee ND (AD 1870), Mint: –, Silver (ø 22 mm – w. 8.04 g.). Edge: plain. KM 23. Webb (p. 33 – pl. III, fig. 13).

Note:
Around 1870 Maharawal Lakshman Singh, defying a British prohibiting order of that year, introduced a series of crude coins in copper, silver and gold for use within the state. The legends on those coins are in a secret script, said to have been invented by Lakshman Singh himself. The central word in these legends has been tentatively identified as Samsatraba (for Samba Satra, a designation for the Hindu deity Shiva) in the longer form, or Samba for the shorter form (extracted from – Standard Catalog of World Coins 1801-1900 – by Krause C. and Mishler C., p. 576)

Literature:
Krause C. and Mishler C. – Standard Catalog of World Coins 1801-1900 – Krause Publications, 4th Edition, Usa, 2004.
Webb, W. W. – The currencies of the Hindu states of Rajputana – Indological Book House, Delhi (reprint), 1972, 1893.