In 1887 the Indian princely state of Dhar, like many other Indian princely states, issued a coinage in its own name, though unlike many other Indian princely states, its coinage was produced in the same style as India's then uniform coinage (p363, Wiggins, British Commonwealth Coins, 1971). Dhar had previously issued dated copper paisas in 1872 ,but besides the issues of 1872 and 1887 Dhar never produced any other coinage (p363, Wiggins, British Commonwealth Coins, 1971).
Dhar's 1887 issue of uniform-like coinage consisted of only lower-denomination coins, namely the twelfth anna, the half pice and the quarter anna, all of which were struck at the Calcutta Mint. The mintages of these coins are all unknown (p363, Wiggins, British Commonwealth Coins, 1971).