Princely State of Baroda 1890 1 Paisa

Step into the princely splendour of western India with the 1890 Baroda State 1 Paisa, a copper coin struck under Maharaja Sayajirao Gaekwad III, one of India's most progressive and reform-minded rulers.
Struck in copper, the 1 Paisa carries the distinctive katar (dagger) emblem of the Gaekwad dynasty alongside Nagari inscriptions identifying the state and denomination. Baroda maintained its own mint and coinage, a mark of the wealth and autonomy of one of British India's premier princely states.
Sayajirao Gaekwad III, who reigned from 1875 to 1939, transformed Baroda into a model state with pioneering reforms in education, banking, and public works, making his coinage a tangible link to a remarkable chapter of Indian princely history.
Set into hand-carved oak wood, the 1890 Baroda Paisa becomes the centrepiece of a luxurious Anka timepiece, the wood's natural grain complementing its aged surface in a refined, wearable record of history.

USP : A copper Paisa from the reformist reign of Sayajirao Gaekwad III, preserved as a wearable artifact of Baroda's princely heritage.