The Coins
of India – Home Page |
For those who
don’t want to use the drop-down menus, here is a simple Index
If you have
comments or wish to add photos etc, please send them
to Paul.Stevens@WorldofCoins.eu.
Please send good quality photos with the weight & diameter (if known), plus
a short description.
This site
allows access to a catalogue of Indian coins containing a listing of all coins
of India. Each coin type is shown with all known dates and varieties.
Clicking on the drop down menus at the
top of this page will allow access to the various areas of the database. Once a
window has been opened, expand the view by clicking on the little + sign on the
left hand side of the screen.
As well as the
main method of searching the database, some information can be accessed through
searching by mint. The mint of issue of some coins is not certainly known, so
this method will not provide access to all coins but may be useful for most
Moghul and Native States coins. Click on the ‘Other Searches’ button to access
the list of mints.
If the entry
titled ‘Photo Link’ has a √ next to it, then there will be at least one,
and sometimes many, photos of the coin. The Photo Link number may change from
time to time so should not be used as a reference number. The column entitled
‘Provenance’ records the source of photographs shown in the Photo Link file.
The heading
‘Comments’ might sometimes have a √ next to it. This indicates that
clicking on the word ‘Comments’ will open another window with more information
about the type being viewed.
‘India’ is
taken in its widest sense to mean the approximate area covering present day
Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and some parts of Burma.
The term ‘Moghul
Contemporaries’ is taken to mean all polities contemporary to or emerging after
the Moghul Empire.
The information
provided here came from many different individuals and sources. These are named
in the database and my thanks go to all of these people for their efforts to
make available information about the coins of India. Click on the resources
button to see a list of all the sources of information together with their
abbreviations.