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COINS OF INDIA & PAKISTAN
FROM ANCIENT TIMES TO THE PRESENT

EARLY ANCIENT SILVER COIN FROM INDIA 

Typical ancient Indian silver punchmarked Karshapana coins
India developed some of the world's earliest coins sometime around 600BC.  The coins were made by taking a flat, though often irregularly shaped,  piece of silver, cutting it to the proper weight, then applying a series of punches to the front of it, indicating where and when it was made. The punches covered a wide variety of symbols.  As the coin circulated, additional punches were sometimes put on the back, verifying the weight and fineness of the coin.  The coin, known as the Punchmarked Karshapana, continued to be issued until about the second century BC.   Today the coin is one of the least expensive early coins available, and represents one of the earliest approaches to the development of coinage.
Item IN-PUNCH INDIA SILVER PUNCHMARKED KARSHAPANA 5th-2nd Century BC VG $8.50
Item IN-PUNCHx5 5 DIFFERENT ANCIENT INDIAN SILVER PUNCHMARKED KARSHAPANA COINS, VG $39.50

BRONZE COINS OF THE KUSHAN EMPIRE

Kushan India, Bronze Tetradrachm of Kujula Kadphises 30-80ADThe Kushan Empire covered much what is now Afghanistan, Pakistan and Northern India from about the first to the third century AD.  They grew wealthy controlling trade centers on the Silk Road and on the Indus River and incorporated elements of the Greek, Roman, Chinese, Persian, Indian and other cultures into their lives.  Their coins incorporate Greek designs and often use a corrupted Greek alphabet in the legends. Kujula Kadphises united a loose confederation of tribes to form the Kushan Empire in about 30AD.  He further expanded the Empire until his death in 80AD.  This bronze tetradrachm of Kujula Kadphises features a Kushan India, Bronze Tetradrachm of Soter Megas (Vima Takha) 80-105ADGreek style diademed head on the obverse and Hercules with a club or another Greek deity on the reverse.  The coin grades Good to Fine.  We also have well made bronze Tetradrachms of Kushan king “Soter Megas”.  The title “Soter Megas” means Great Savior.   The coin, which grades VG to Fine, shows the Greek style diademed bust of the king on one side, and the king on horseback on the other.  The king thought of himself as being so great, he did not need to put his actual name on the coin.  Until quite recently however, scholars did not know who really was!  It is now believed that he is Vima Takha who succeeded Kujula Unidentified Kushan bronze coinsKadphises, ruling from 80AD to 105AD.  He expanded his empire into what is now Pakistan.  We also have a number of worn, unidentified Kushan thick bronze Tetradrachms and bronze Drachms   I don’t have the time to work these up.   Most coins feature the king standing on one side and a Greek, Indian or other deity on the other.  The unidentified coins date from about 105 to 225AD and grade Poor to Good.
Item KUJULA KUSHAN BRONZE TETRADRACHM, KUJULA KADPHISES 30-80AD G-F. $9.75
Item SOTER KUSHAN BRONZE TETRADRACHM,  SOTER MEGAS 80-105AD  VG-F $9.75
Item KUSHx1 ONE UNIDENTIFIED KUSHAN BRONZE COIN ca105-225AD, Poor-Good $4.75
Item KUSHx10 TEN UNIDENTIFIED KUSHAN BRONZE COINS ca105-225, Poor-Good $25.00




ANCIENT SILVER PORTRAIT DRACHM 

Ancient India: 5 silver Drachms of SkakandarguptaThis ancient silver portrait drachm was struck by Skanda-gupta, who ruled the Gupta Empire from 455 to about 485AD.  The Empire was one of the most famous and prosperous Hindu dynasties of India. The name Skanda is derived from the name Alexander the Great who had marched into India some 700 years earlier.  Skanda was not as successful against his enemies as his namesake, and lost much of his empire to the invading Huns (Hepthalites).  The coin grades Good to Very Good and has a very crude portrait of the Emperor on the obverse.  The reverse has legends and symbols.
Item IN-GUPTA SILVER DRACHM OF SKANDA-GUPTA 455-485AD G-VG $7.50
Item IN-GUPTAX5 5 of the above SILVER DRACHMS OF SKANDA-GUPTA 455-485AD G-VG $29.50


MEDIEVAL HORSE COIN OF PAKISTAN

Sind horse jital 1249-1260ADThis billon (highly debased silver) jital was struck by Nasir al din Mohammed who ruled Sind from 1249 to 1260AD.  Sind is located in south-eastern Pakistan. Sind was once the center of the ancient Indus Valley civilizations. At the time the coin was struck, it was on the edges of competing empires, so was able to re-establish its own independence.   The coin is highly unusual for the period in that it has a clear pictorial design featuring a horse. Some theorize that this signifies the resurgence in the trade of war horses  that had thrived in the area in earlier years before the invasion of Ghenghiz Khan.
Item IN-SIND SIND HORSE JITAL 1249-60AD (A1819) VFout


BRASS TANKA OF DELHI SULTAN MUHAMMAD III

Delhi Sultans, Forced brass Tanka of Muhammad III 1325-51ADMuhammad III bin Tughluq ruled much of India from 1325 to 1351AD.  He  was a scholar, calligrapher and an innovative monarch.  Unfortunately  he did not always consider the consequences of his innovations. Vast amounts of his treasury was spent trying to expand and consolidate his realm.  This only encouraged numerous revolts throughout his realm. He forcibly moved his entire capital and all its inhabitants from Delhi to a more central location in the Deccan of central India.   Unfortunately there was insufficient water to support the population, and the capital was returned to Delhi two years later, with great suffering and loss of life of the citizens.  About 1330AD he tried to replace the silver Tanka with this brass Tanka, in an effort to boost his treasury.   The brass Tanka has beautiful calligraphy on both sides, with legends to encourage its citizens to accept the debased currency. His unhappy citizens, forced to accept this token coinage, soon started to counterfeit them in vast numbers.  Foreign traders would not accept the brass Tankas  Within a few years he was forced to return to the silver Tanka, redeeming  both real and fake brass Tankas at a great cost to his treasury.  It is reported that a “mountain” of these brass Tankas remained lying outside the sultanate’s treasuries for over a century.  The coins grade Fine to Very Fine with some green patina.   
Item IN-AE-TANK INDIA, MUHAMMAD III 1325-51AD BRASS TANKA, F-VF $9.75


MEDIEVAL INDIAN SILVER TANKA OF A TYRANT

Delhi Sultans, Silver Tanka of Muhammad (1396-1416)Ala al-din Muhammad Khalji came to power in India in 1396 by murdering his Uncle the Sultan of Delhi.  He then marched into Delhi with his Uncle’s head upon a pike and proceeded to blind, butcher, murder or imprison any family or nobles who interfered with his ambition.  He conquered much of India, as well as fought off the Mongol hoards.  His ruthlessness was such that even the Mongols came to fear him.  He died in 1416. Thinking of himself as a new world conqueror, similar to Alexander the Great, he used the title “The Second Alexander” on this silver Tanka  The coin is approximately 28mm in diameter.  As is typical of Islamic coins, the design consists entirely of calligraphy. The coin grades Very Fine.
Item DELHI DELHI SULTANS, ALA UD DIN MUHAMMAD SILVER TANKA (1396-1416) VF$25.00




UNUSUAL AKBAR THE GREAT SILVER COIN FROM BAGLANA

Mughal India, Akbar the Great silver Mahmudi from BaglanaThis silver Mahmudi was struck by the Raga of Baglana at his mint in Muhler, India.  The unusual denomination was struck at the request of traders in the port of Surat.  It is based on the Persian Mahmudi, which was widely used in Surat, rather than contemporary Mughal coins.  The coin was struck in the name of Akbar the Great. Akbar ascended to the Mughal at the age of 14 in 1556AD.   He greatly expanded his empire to include most of northern and central India. He was relatively tolerant of the practices of those he conquered, which brought him wide respect. Though he died in 1605, the coin continued to be struck in his name for a few years.  The thick silver coin weighs about 5.5 grams and grades Very Fine.
Item IN-72 INDIA, BAGLANA, SILVER MAHMUDI OF AKBAR (1556-1605) KM72.1 VF $19.95

RARE NAZARANA PAISA OF JAIPUR

Jaipur, Nazarana Paisa of George VIThe Majaraja of Jaipur was a very wealthy man. He grew even wealthier due to an unusual practice in this native state in Northern India.   Special, extra large coins, called Nazarana coins, were struck each year.  If one wanted to be on good terms with the Maharaja, one would purchase these special coins from the mint  and present the coins to the Maharaja for his birthday or on other special occasions.  The mintages of these unusual coins were quite low, so they are rarely seen by collectors. The coins acknowledged both the Maharaja and the King of England, who also ruled India. We offer the copper Nazarana  Paisa struck in the name of Maharaja Man Singh II and King George V or King George VI. The exact date of the coin is our choice.  The coins grade XF, however, as is typical of these coins, they have been cleaned.  After all, one would not want to give the Maharaja with a dirty coin!
Item L-IN-JAIP-155JAIPUR NAZARANA PAISA GEORGE V 1922-35 (KM155) VF-XFsold out
Item L-IN-JAIP-180JAIPUR NAZARANA PAISA GEORGE VI 1937-49 (KM180) XF$32.50

COINS OF THE INDIAN PRINCELY STATES  Updated offering

Indian States coin collection
Though the British controlled most of India prior to its independence in 1947, many of the Indian states retained their right to issue coins.  Most coins could only be used within the state they were issued and there was little standardization of the coins or denominations issued from state to state. The result was a bewildering array of coins, many of which have limited mintages.   We have assembled a collection of coins from nine different states. These collections have proved very popular. Because of the difficulty in obtining coins of the Indian States, we sometimes have to vary the exact coins included in the set.  The latest group of sets we made up included are a square Paisa from Bahawalpur,  1/4 Anna of Gwalior that pictures the Maharajah, a 1/4 Anna from Indore that pictures a bull, a paisa from Jodhpur struck during World War II, a coin from Kutch that was issued with a center hole,  an eight-sided 1 Anna from Mewar, a Dokdo from Nawanagar that was struck from about 1570 to 1894 with virtually no change in the design, a 1 Pice coin from Tonk and a tiny 19th century Travencore 1 Cash that pictures a six-pointed star in a circle.  It is a fascinating collection from a fascinating and ancient country.  The coins generally grade Fine to Very Fine.   An identification guide is included with each set.   The exact coins included in the set may vary, depending upon what we have in stock at the time your order is received.
Item BK-IN-STATECOL9 COLLECTION OF 9 DIFFERENT INDIAN NATIVE STATE COINS$22.95
 

RARE COINS OF DANISH INDIA

Danish India copper coins Denmark established its first colony in India in 1620.  A mint was later established to provide coinage for the colonies.  Its coins tended to be small crude pieces that were hand struck from hand engraved dies.  Due to falling profits and increasing costs of maintaining the colonies, Denmark sold its possessions in India to the British East India Company in 1845, thus bringing an end to its colonial era and the, coinage of Danish India.  We recently obtained a hoard of these small, scarce, crude copper coins of Danish India.  We have not had time to sort through the coins, so will offer them as they come. Because the coins are crudely struck grading them is sometimes difficult, so we will just call them crude and worn.
Item L-DANIND-x1 1 DANISH INDIA COPPER COIN 18th-19th Century$6.00
Item L-DANIND-x10 10 MIXED DANISH INDIA COPPER COIN 18th-19th Century$29.75


TINY GOLD COIN FROM DUTCH INDIA

Dutch India gold Fannam 1785-1792This tiny gold fannam is one of the least expensive coins of Dutch India.  The undated coin was struck by the Dutch Indian mint in Tuticorin between about 1785 and 1792.  Tuticorin was taken over by the Portuguese in 1548, captured by the Dutch in 1658 and ceded to the British in 1795. The coin is only about 7mm in diameter.  One side has a stylized portrait of the Hindu goddess Kali.  The other side has a degenerated Nagari legend. The tiny coin was popular as it allowed the poor to hoard gold and travelers could hide the coins in their mouth.  If attacked, a traveler could swallow the coins, then retrieve them a day or so later
Item DUTCHIN-48 DUTCH INDIA GOLD FANNAM KM48 1785-92 VF $39.50



DOUDOU OF FRENCH INDIA

French India 1 DoudouThis crude, undated copper 1 Doudou of French India was struck in Pondichery intermittently between 1720 and 1835. During the time the British and French clashed over their outposts in India.  The city regularly changed hands between the British and French, depending on the outcomes of their wars and peace treaties.  In 1954, Pondicherry and the remaining French colonies voted to join the Republic of India.  The coin features a fleur-de-lis on one side and the name of the city in Tamil.
Item FRIND-35 FRENCH INDIA 1 DOUDOU KM35 1720-1835 VG-F $9.00



NewINDIA’S FIRST DECIMAL COINS INCLUDES ODD SHAPES  Price Cut !

India's first decimal coin set 1957-1960 1 - 50 Paisa
India introduced their first decimal coins in 1957.  The coins were initially called Naye Paise, or new Paise, to distinguish them from the previous coins. In order to aid the many blind in the country, each coin was distinctly different.  This six coin set includes the round 1 Naye Paisa, scalloped edge 2 Naye Paisa, the square 5 Naye Paise, the scalloped edge 10 Naye Paisa, the round 25 Naye Paise, all dated 1957, and the round 50 Naye Paise dated 1960, its first year of issue.  The coins have the denomination on one side and the lion capital from the Sarnath pillar of Ashoka.  The Ashoka lion capital was erected around 250BC and now serves as the national emblem of India.  All 6 coins are Uncirculated.
Item IN-SET6 INDIA 6 COIN SET 1-50 NAYE PAISE, 1957-60 UNC $5.75



MODERN INDIAN COIN SET INCLUDES ODD SHAPES

India coin set
This set of ten recent  coins of India includes 6 odd-shaped coins.   Included is the 11-sided 2002 2 Rupee features a map of India.  The 2001 1 Rupee is struck in stainless steel.  The 1999 50 Paisa features the Parliament building and a map of India.  A rhinoceros is featured on the 1994 25 paise. The aluminum 1988 20 Paisa coin is a siven sided coin. The 1988 10 paisa is also struck in stainless steel.  The square 5 Paisa is dated 1993.   The 1971 3 Paisa coin is a six sided coin. The 1976 2 Paisa has scallopped edges.  The 1972 1 Paisa is square.  Because of their low purchasing power and the high cost of production, the lower four denominations are no longer issued and are increasingly difficult to get.  The The reverse of the coins features three lions from the ancient Pillar of Asoka, a sandstone pillar from the third century BC.  It is an  interesting set that includes a variety of unusual shapes.
Item S-IN-SET10INDIA 10 COIN SET 1 Paisa - 2 Rupees 1971-2002 UNC.$4.95

PAKISTAN COIN SET

Pakistan coin set: 1 Paisa - 10 Rupees
This 10 coin set includes a 2003 10 Rupee picturing flowers, 2004 5 Rupees, 2006 2 Rupees picturing a mosque and the 2006 1 Rupee picturing the nations founder Muhammad Ali Jinnah.  Also included is the 50 Paisa, 25 Paisa, scalloped 10 Paisa, square 5 Paisa, 2 Paisa and 1 Paisa dating from the 1970’s to the 1990’s.  All coins are Uncirculated, though they may be poorly toned or poorly struck.
Item S-PK-SET10PAKISTAN 10 COIN SET 1971-2006, UNC. $12.00

THE RAMATANKA (INDIAN TEMPLE TOKEN) Price Reduced

Rama and Laksmana standing/ Rama and Sita seated with Hanuman on temple token from IndiaThis crudely made brass tokens pictures the Gods Rama and Laksmana standing on one side of the coin. The other side shows Rama and Sita seated on a throne, along the monkey god Hanuman. The tokens have a false date, making some believe they are quite old.  They were made during the 20th century and sold in Hindu temples throughout India.
Item IN-TT INDIA TEMPLE TOKEN$3.75
Item IN-TTx5 5 OF THE ABOVE INDIAN TEMPLE TOKENS (all the same type)$14.95



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