India, Maratha Confederacy, 1674-1818 AD., Peshwas, anonymous ruler, unknown mint, Paisa, Mitchiner NIS&WC 1317 ff.

India, Maratha Confederacy, Peshwas, anonymous ruler, unknown mint, hammered coinage, ca. 1674-1818 AD.,
Paisa (ø 18-19 mm / 9,34 g / thickness 3 mm ), copper, axes irregular alignment ↑↗ (ca. 50°),
Obv.: श्री / राजा / [ शिव ] , "Shri" / Raja / [Shiv(aji)] , "Mr. King Shiv(aji)" , "Shri" above double line on obverse, leaving no place for a date. (small drilling hole at upper left).
Rev.: छात्र / पति , Chhatra / Pati , his name in two lines.
Mitchiner NIS&WC 1317 ff ; K.K. Maheswari & K.W. Wiggins: Maratha Mints and Coinage (Nashik 1989) pp. 24-37 ; cf. KM 270 .

Jan Lingen: Marathas, Shivarai or Chhatrapati paisa. This is the principal copper coin of the Marathas of Western India. They were called so because the vast majority of them bear the name of Shivaji on the obverse and on the reverse his title of Chhatrapati ("Lord of the Umbrella").
This is the principal copper coin of the Marathas of Western India and were struck over a long period at many mints in the Maratha heartland. They are subject to an incredable number of variations in the spelling of the words on them, the weight, the size and ornamentation.

Dated coins (FE 1230-1240 / AD 1820-1830) would make this coin KM 270, ascribed to the British East India Company (see Zeno 25800 ) This dated issue was struck at Poona between 1820 - 1830 when the city was under the British administration. The coin shows a date on the top of the reverse in the Fasli era. Dates are known from Fasli 1230 to 1240. The coins of this type were wrongly attributed to Satara in KM South Asia p.98 (KM#192). In the ONS Newsletter 181, p.24-30, Paul Stevens proved their correct attribution to Poona.