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1 Anna of Hyderabad

AH 1358 (1939)　・　nickel　・　20th century　・　Princely State of Hyderabad

1 Anna of Hyderabad（obverse）1 Anna of Hyderabad（reverse）
Biswarup Ganguly / CC BY 3.0（Wikimedia Commons）

One Anna from the Princely State of Hyderabad, dated AH 1358, in copper-nickel. The one rupee coin struck by the same state about twenty years earlier was made of silver. Low-denomination coins are the first to abandon silver for base metals. The anna, a unit equivalent to one-sixteenth of a rupee, was used for daily transactions. Precious metals disappear first from the most frequently handled coins.