Very Fine+, Extremely Rare.

Like some other states, Indore experimented extensively with mechanised coin production in 1887, perhaps prompted by the coronation of Shivaji Rao in the previous year. Many designs were patterned and a few were put through the production line - however, unlike most patterns which were used solely for experimentation, there is room to believe that some patterns struck during these trial runs ended up in circulation. This was perhaps because the state couldn't afford to waste metal it had imported only in trials. This rupee is such an example - even though the fact that very few such rupees exist suggests this was a trial strike, it shows tell-tale signs of having been circulated.