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This document provides descriptions of various coins from different historical periods in India. It summarizes the key details of coins from ancient Indian kingdoms like Malwa and Kashmir, Mughal rulers like Babur and Jahangir, Maratha ruler Shivaji, the kingdom of Assam, British colonial coins, coins from Tipu Sultan's kingdom of Mysore, Portuguese and post-independence Indian coins, including a Gandhi centennial coin. For each coin, it mentions attributes like weight, diameter, legends in local scripts, rulers depicted, dates, and mints.
This document provides descriptions of various coins from different historical periods in India. It summarizes the key details of coins from ancient Indian kingdoms like Malwa and Kashmir, Mughal rulers like Babur and Jahangir, Maratha ruler Shivaji, the kingdom of Assam, British colonial coins, coins from Tipu Sultan's kingdom of Mysore, Portuguese and post-independence Indian coins, including a Gandhi centennial coin. For each coin, it mentions attributes like weight, diameter, legends in local scripts, rulers depicted, dates, and mints.
This document provides descriptions of various coins from different historical periods in India. It summarizes the key details of coins from ancient Indian kingdoms like Malwa and Kashmir, Mughal rulers like Babur and Jahangir, Maratha ruler Shivaji, the kingdom of Assam, British colonial coins, coins from Tipu Sultan's kingdom of Mysore, Portuguese and post-independence Indian coins, including a Gandhi centennial coin. For each coin, it mentions attributes like weight, diameter, legends in local scripts, rulers depicted, dates, and mints.
Sultans of Malwa, Nasir Shah, Silver tanka, 1500-1510
Legend / Legend Weight: 4.45 gm, Diameter: 19 mm.
Sultans of Kashmir, Shams ud-din Shah, Silver sasnu, 1537-1538
Legend: al-sultan al-a'zam shams al-din shah / Within central ornamental diamond: zarb Kashmir, frozen date 842 spelled out in margins Weight: 6.16 gm, Dimensions: 16 x 16 mm.
Mughal: Babur (Zahir ud-din Muhammad), Silver tanka or
shahrukhi, c. 1526-153 Weight: 4.62 gm. Diameter: 22-23 mm
Suris: Sher Shah Suri (1538-45) Silver rupee, Jahanpanah type,
dated to 1540-41 Legend, including name in Nagari sri ser sah and AH date 947 ( = 1540-41 CE) Legend, Shahada Weight: 11.28 gm., Diameter: 27 mm.,
Gold mohur, Ajmer Jahangir enthroned, holding wine goblet / Radiate sun, surrounded by legends in four compartments AH date 1023 (= 1614-15 CE), regnal year 9 Weight: 10.83 gm. Diameter: 21 mm Die axis: 1 o'clock
Marathas: Chhatrapati Sivaji, Gold hon, c. 1674-80
Nagari legend: sri / raja / shiva / Nagari legend: chhatra / pati Weight: 2.81 gm. Diameter: -- mm Die axis: 7 o'clock Ancient Coins of India
Kingdom of Assam: Pramatta Simha, Silver rupee, S. 1672 (=
1750 CE) Four-line Assamese legend: sri sri swarga / deva pramatta / simha nripasya /sake 1672, lion left below / Four-line Assamese legend: sri sri hara / gauri charana / kamala madhu / karasya Weight: 11.23 gm. Diameter: 24 mm Die axis: 6 o'clock
British India, Bengal Presidency, Silver rupee, Banaras, AH 1198
(= 1784-85 CE) Legend, including AH date 1198 (= 1184-85 CE) Legend, including mint name Muhammadabad Banares, mintmark fish and double regnal years 17 and 25 Weight: 11.31 gm. Diameter: 24 mm Die axis: 5 o'clock
Kingdom of Mysore, Tipu Sultan, AE 2-Paisa, 1782-1799 CE
Elephant right with raised trunk, flag and legend above Legend, including mint Patan (for Srirangapatnam, or Seringapatan) Weight: 23.22 gm. Diameter: 33 mm
Portuguese India, Maria I, Silver rupee, Goa, 1805
Crowned bust of queen right, GOA at left, MARIA at right, date 1805 below Queen's coat of arms Weight: 10.74 gm. Diameter: 21 mm
British India, Imperial Series, George V, Silver rupee, 1918
Crowned bust of king left, legend around: George V King Emperor Within circle, One Rupee India 1918, wreath around Weight: 11.56 gm. Diameter: 31 mm
India (Republic), Gandhi Centennial, Silver 10 rupees, 1969
Head of Gandhi three-quarter left, name in Hindi and English above: Mahatma Gandhi Life-span years below: 1869-1948 Lion capital seal of the Government of India, Bharat India above, Denomination: 10 rupiye rupees below Weight: 15.01 gm. Diameter: 34 mm Ancient Coins of India