2 Annas - Khande Rao

Khande Rao ruled Baroda from 1856 until his death in 1870, a reign complicated by the close supervision of the British Resident and ongoing pressure to align the state's administration — including its coinage — with colonial standards. This 2 Annas issue dates to that transitional moment when Baroda still exercised the right to strike its own silver, a privilege the Crown was steadily eroding across the subcontinent's princely states.