Half Paisa, Sitamau Note the script is Persian

the script is Persian

Like many other princely states of the time

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These coins are 80% silver

Half Paisa, Sitamau Note the script is PersianCopper half paisa coin of the Sitamau Princely State, minted in 1899 AD (Vikram Samvat 1956), during the reign of Shadul Singh. The obverse of the coin carries a trishul (trident) in the middle, surrounded by the date in Vikram Samvat. The reverse has the name of the ruler. Sitamau was one of the smaller princely states in British India, with an area of just 350 square miles. The state lay in what is the present day district of Mandsaur in Madhya