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

Additional informtion on this will be available on Reserve Bank of India’s

Official site on following URLhttp://www.rbi.org.in/currency/museum/index.html

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