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PUD NO_865-1_G GILT |
| Subject | : | Central Provinces Exhibition - Sir Richard Temple |
| Size | : | 51 mm |
| Metal | : | Gold Gilt |
| Description | : | obv. Head of Temple, left, around border : CHIEF COMMISSIONER CENTRAL PROVINCES. Signed : CALCUTTA MINT, rev : Centre : IN / COMMEMORATION / OF THE FIRST / INDUSTRIAL EXHIBITION / FOR THE CENTRAL PROVINCES / HELD AT NAGPORE DECR. 1865, / AT THE / CLOSE OF THE FOURTH YEAR / OF MR. R. TEMPLE'S / ADMINISTRATION.
Sometimes found with SPECIMEN impressed on reverse.
Sir Richard Temple was the first Chief Commissioner of the Central Provinces when the various parts under British control were amalgamated in 1861, after the Mutiny. Nagpur was and is the dominant city in central India. |
