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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ed Snible, post: 2655698, member: 82322&quot;][ATTACH=full]588230[/ATTACH] </p><p>India, Bundi princely state, 1932, reign of George V and Vikrama Samva.&nbsp; KM 18.2</p><p><br /></p><p>The obverse inscription is GEORGE V EMPEROR</p><p>The reverse inscription is बूंदी (&quot;Bundi&quot; in Devanagari) and a date in some weird era.</p><p><br /></p><p>The obverse depicts a &quot;katara&quot; or push dagger. It is characterised by its H-shaped horizontal hand grip, which results in the blade of the sword sitting above the user&#039;s knuckles. Unique to South Asia, it is the most famous and characteristic of Indian daggers. Ceremonial katara were also used in worship.</p><p><br /></p><p>The coins of Bundi on one side look like typical Indian &quot;dump&quot; coins and thus it is a strange feeling to turn them over and see Latin letters and inscriptions we know from British coins.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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