Half Paisa, Sitamau Note The front of the coin

The front of the coin carries the year (as per Islamic calendar) and the images of the Sun and a fish

Biafra was one of the many unsuccessful rebellions in Africa by minority ethnic groups to form their own country

Usman (or Osman) Ali Khan was the last Nizam of Hyderabad from 1911 to 1948

but was deposed in 1819 by the British

and marks a departure from the first note - it features an image of Aung San

Half Paisa, Sitamau Note The front of the coinCopper half paisa coin of the Sitamau Princely State, minted in 1899 AD (Vikram Samvat 1956), during the reign of Shadul Singh. The obverse of the coin carries a trishul (trident) in the middle, surrounded by the date in Vikram Samvat. The reverse has the name of the ruler. Sitamau was one of the smaller princely states in British India, with an area of just 350 square miles. The state lay in what is the present day district of Mandsaur in Madhya