Indian Coins Museum Curtsy
Reserve Bank Of India
A richness you would like to preserve.
The Indus valley civilization of Mohenjo-Daro and Harappa dates back between 2500 BC and 1750
BC. There, however, is no consensus on whether the seals
excavated from the sites were in fact coins.
Seals of Mohenjo-Daro
Seals of Mohenjo-Daro Seals of Mohenjo-Daro
Punch Marked Coin, Silver Bentbar
Seven Symbols
Five Symbols
Indo-Greek Coins
Coins of the Kushans
Coins of the Satavahana
Coins of the Satavahana
Coins of the Western Kshatrapas
Rudrasimha I, 180-196 AD
Viradaman, 234-238 AD
Coins of the Western Kshatrapas
Coin of the Yaudheyas
Coins of the Guptas
King as Horseman
It is described that in Mourya Era – one could sense vapors of Gold - such a richness
King as Lion Slayer
King & Queen Type
Fan-Tailed Peacock
Seated Lakshmi
Bull & Horseman
Coins of the Cheras11th - 13th Centuries
Coins of the Cheras11th - 13th Centuries
Padmatankas,Coins of the Yadavas of Devagiri12th - 14th Centuries
Coins of the Alupas of Udipi11th - 13th Centuries
Coins of the Cholas9th - 13th Centuries
Poetic legends (largely eulogistic) were introduced on coins by the Guptas (3rd to 6th Century AD). For instance, the horseman type coins of the
Guptas carried the following legend in poetic meter: Guptakulamalachnadro Mahendrakarmajito
i.e. 'The Spotless Moon in the firmament of the Gupta family,invincible, valorous as Mahendra, conquers the enemy'.
Roman Aureus of Augustus
Roman Find in South India
Byzantine Find in South India
Roman Find in South India
Coin of Nasiru-d-din Mahmud1246 - 1266 AD
Coins of the Delhi Sultanate
Coins of the Delhi Sultanate
Coin of Ghiyasu-d-din Balban1266 - 1287 AD
Coins of the Khiljis
Silver Coin, Malwa
Pagoda, East India Company inspired by the coins of the Vijayanagar Empire
Coins of the Mughal Empire
Mohur-Akbar
One Rupee-Sher Shah Suri(Afghan)
Mohur-Humayun
Mohur-Aurangzeb
Mohur- Farrukhsiyar
The East India Company carried on the tradition of poetic couplets. This mohur struck in the name of Shah Alam II at Mursheedabad carried the following couplet Sicca zad bar haft kishwar saya fazle ilahHami deen-e- Muhammed Shah Alam BadhshahCoins struck by the defender of the faith, Shah Alam by the Grace of God, May it be current throughout the seven climes
With the issuance of the English type of coins in 1835, this tradition gradually came to an end. Couplet Coin
Chatrapati Shivaji
Silver, Pune Mint
Coins of Avadh
Coin of Hyder Ali
Rupee of Tipu Sultan
Coins of the Sikh
Coins of Hyderabad
Ashrafi Rupee 8 Annas 4 Annas
Coins of Datia State
Coins of Faridkot State
Some Coins of other Princely States
Coins of Udaipur
Rupee Half RupeeOne Fourth Rupee
One Eight Rupee
One Sixteenth Rupee
Not to the scale
Mohur struck inthe name of Shah Alam II,Murshidabad Mint
Two Pagodas invogue in Madras Presidency
The Surat RupeeSuratee
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