Ancient Coins of India

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.,

Mughal: Jahangir (Muhammad Nur-ud-din Salim), 1605-27,

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
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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
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