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First issued by Sher Shah Suri in 1540. The word rupee comes from rupiya meaning shaped coin or stam...

The standard gold coin of Mughal India. First issued by Sher Shah Suri and refined by Akbar. Weighed...

The silver rupee of the Mughal Empire, first issued by Sher Shah Suri. Standardized at approximately...

The gold coins of the Gupta Empire, considered the Golden Age of India. Featured the emperor perform...

The earliest coinage of India, made by punching symbols onto silver bars. Each symbol represented a ...

The silver coins of the Gupta Empire were based on the Satavahana and Kshatrapa coinage traditions. ...

The coins of the Chola Empire of southern India. Featured the Chola tiger emblem, fish, and bow. The...

The copper coin of the Mughal Empire, the everyday currency for common people. The dam was worth app...

The coins of the Maratha Confederacy, which challenged Mughal power. Featured the Maratha flag and s...

The coins of the Sikh Empire under Maharaja Ranjit Singh. Featured the Sikh symbol and the name of G...

A bimetallic coin with a nickel brass center and copper nickel ring. Features 15 spokes on the rever...

Coins of the Indo-Greek kingdoms that ruled parts of modern Afghanistan, Pakistan, and India after t...

The standard gold coin of the Mughal Empire. Akbar standardized the mohur at approximately 10.9 gram...

Coins of the Sur Empire founded by Sher Shah Suri, who expelled Humayun from India. Sher Shah introd...

The coinage of the Vijayanagara Empire, the last great Hindu empire of southern India. Featured Hind...

The silver rupee of the Maratha Empire. Minted at Pune, Satara, and Tanjore. The Maratha rupee maint...

Coins minted by the British East India Company in India. The EIC received minting rights from the Mu...

The silver rupee of British India after the Crown took control from the East India Company. Featured...

Coins of the 565 princely states that coexisted with British India. Each state had its own coinage, ...