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Pridmore discussed these copper coins following an article by Biddulph. However, he did not include them in his catalogue
on the grounds that the reading of the mint name was uncertain and that such
coins were not recorded in the
However, the coins remain something of a
mystery and it is doubtful if their real place of issue can be established. It
is unlikely to be Chīnāpatan but it is possible that they were copied
crudely from a Chīnāpatan rupee at a native mint. Most recently they
have been recognised as coins of Hyder Alī