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Author:   Sanjay Garg
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
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9781138095489

ISBN 10:   1138095486
Publication Date:   01 January 2021
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Introduction: Sanjay Garg Part I: Studies 1. Sovereignty and the 'Sikka' under the Raj: Minting Prerogatives and Imperial Legitimacy in India John S. Deyell and Robert E. Frykenberg 2. A Tale of Numismatic Diplomacy Sanjay Garg 3. 'Sikka' and the Crown: Genesis of the Native Coinage Act, 1876 Sanjay Garg 4. A Metallic Mirror: Changing Representation of Sovereignty during the Raj Shailendra Bhandare 5. Change in Superscription on Coins of Native States, 1858-1872 Sarjit Singh Randhawa 6. Economic Relations between the Paramount Power and the Princely States of India, 1858-1881 Ajit K. Neogy 7. Suppression of the Native Mints P.J.E. Stevens a. The Bombay Presidency: i. The Mints of the Northern Districts ii. The Mints of the Southern Maratha Country iii. The Transitional Mints of the Deccan iv. Introduction of Machine Made Copper Coins and the Challenge of Local Mints b. The Bengal Presidency: the Ceded and Conquered Provinces: i. Mints of Northern India ii. The Farrukhabad Mint Part II: Records 1. Suppression of the Native copper coin, and for general introduction of the Government copper coin, 1862 2. Introduction of British coins into Bundelkhand in place of Native coins in circulation, 1864 3. The Case of Cooch-Behar: a. Financial Condition and the Coinage of Cooch Behar State, 1864 b. Introduction of Coinage of British India into Cooch Behar, 1864 4. Manufacturing of Coins by Native States, 1868 5. Manufacture of Copper Coin in Birmingham Mint for Some Native States of India, 1869 331 6. Suggestion of Financial Department that Native Chiefs having Mints be Induced to Forego them, or that they should Assimilate their Coins with Government of India Ones, 1869 7. Papers regarding mints in the native states, 1870 8. Secretary of State's Despatch Relative to Mints still in Existence in Native States, 1872 9. Coining Money in British Mints for Native States, 1876 10. Regulation or Suppression of Mints in Native States, 1876 11. Gold and Silver Annually Coined by Native States in India, 1885 12. Proposal to Generally restrict the coinage of copper by Native States in Rajputana, 1886-1888 13. Particulars Regarding the Currencies of Native States, 1895 14. Reports on the Measures Taken by the Native States to Substitute British Currency for Native Currencies, 1896 15. Proposed Measures for the Encouragement of Circulation of Standard Gold Currency in Native States, 1900

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