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Message:: [QUOTE="bgarg, post: 268485, member: 1876"]Just going by the memory, I think the sword was privy mark for Jayaji Rao only. Some of the other rulers from this state had "bow and arrow" and "pistol" privy marks. In most of the princely state coins, the obverse has name of the ruling king in Delhi. So, most of these coins look same on one side with exception of privy mark (i.e. state identification mark). Both coins posted above looks like have name of mughal emperor "Shah Alam II". On reverse there is always mint name where the coin is minted. I think for Gwalior state there were at least 5-6 mints operating at that time. So, even if you are looking at two coins from same king and state, there is a possibility that reverse legends may be different. On the coin in question, if you rotate the image at 90 degree, the two '1' will look like two Persian 'Za's. So, the partial reading will be "Zarb Za.." which means "struck at Za.. or Ja...". Now we need to find if there was a mint in Gwalior state starting with 'Za' or 'Ja'. I will check my reference books later this week to see if I can find anything more... Regards,Ballabh Garg[/QUOTE]