Rupees
Rewa Princely State Rupee
View Image Gallery >
Coin Details
| Origin/Country: |
INDIA - EUROPEAN Princely States Rewa 1918 |
| Design Description: |
Accession Rupee |
| Item Description: |
RUPEE VS1975(1918) REWA |
| Full Grade: |
NGC MS 64 |
| Owner: |
Zwiggy |
Owner Comments:
TOP POP across year, type and both NGC/PCGS
Rewa was a princely state, famous for Birbal and Tansen who were sent from the court of Rewa to the court of Akbar in the 1500s. This is an accession commemorative rupee for Gulab Singh, then 15, in 1918. He was the 2nd to last ruler of Rewa. References indicate that this was the only rupee coin issued by the state. The date on the coin VS1975 refers to 1918 AD.
This coin is great since it has the typical strike of central Indian rupees of the time (like Indore, Baroda) while having nice natural toning and of course being a top pop. A lot of states had resorted to the emblem or monogram type of design after Awadh had started the trend in the 1850s, but Rewa did choose to avoid a portrait. The writing is in Hindi and in fact Gulab Singh was one of the first to push for Hindi to become the national language of India.