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What makes Old Indian Coins so desirable?

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What makes Old Indian Coins so desirable?

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  1. What makes Old Indian Coins so desirable?

  2. Old Indian Coins • There are thousands of old Indian coins that are sought after by collectors all over the world. What makes these coins so desirable is the fact that one of the earliest coins in the world was minted in India. That’s the reason why they have a rich historical significance.

  3. Punch Marked Coins • The earliest Indian old coins were called punch marked coins. They were rectangular in shape and were minted using silver. They followed standard weights and its value was equal to the intrinsic value of the metal. The smallest unit of weight was called a ratti and was based on the weight of a red seed called ratti.

  4. Other Old India Coins • Other old coins of India are classified based on the mahajanapadas. The history of various dynasties that ruled our country has been accounted by the studying the coins that were issued by these rulers. Old coins of india that were minted using gold are extremely popular even today. Every now and then we hear of these coins that were sold for high values at various auctions.

  5. Old Indian Coins issued in Mughal Era • Old Indian coins that were issued during the mughal era were also extremely beautiful. Shahajahan issued gold mohurs featuring the sun signs. One of these gold mohurswas sold for lakhs of rupees at an auction recently. That’s another reason why apart from a mere hobby people also pursue collecting old Indian coins as a kind of investment.

  6. Unmistakable Old Indian Coins had been issued for each Janapada of India with different sorts of plans and engravings. Some Rare Historical Ancient Coins of India has engravings of sovereigns which will help you to think about historical times. Mintage World is the greatest data wellspring of old coins of India, in view of eras and Janapadas.

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