I recently purchased a couple of (Indian) coins. I know very little about them. Until they arrive I do not know their size or weight. This one was listed as :- DELHI - SULTAN TUGLUQ SHAH 1/2 TANKI WITH DATE 721 SILVER COIN And this one was listed as :- DELHI - SULTAN TUGLUQ SHAH 1/2 TANKI WITH DATE 723 SILVER COIN Although these dates are given as 721 and 723, the only reference I can find to Firuz Shah Tughlaq is 1309 to 1388. I am hoping that some of those members who know more than I do about coins from India might be able to tell me more about them, please? (Sorry about the 'bold' but I cannot get rid of it.)
These are coins with the denomination 4-gani. They weigh about 3.6 grams. The "Tughluq" is the dynasty name. There were a number of different dynasties of Delhi sultans before the Mughals. Starting with the Turks, then the Tughluq, Sayyids, Lodis and Suris. These were issued under Sultan Ghiyath al-Din Tughluq who ruled AD 1320-25 which is AH 720-25 in the Islamic calendar.
Here another from the same ruler. This is a 2-gani: In the center of the left picture is the title "Shah / Tughluq" in Arab.
@Topcat7 You have gone off the deep end. If few people collect Islamic coins, even less people collect Indian coins of any kind. You are venturing where few here have ventured before. Nice coins! I wish you luck in your new field of collecting.
Would you believe that there are much more collectors of Indian coinage than of American coinage ? You just don't see many of them on US-forums
Have you browsed the World Coins board? That's where you may find most of the CoinTalk coins of India.
Here ya go @Sallent : My favorite... Here is my Buddha coin, purported to be minted during his lifetime in the Shakya Janaprada by his father when Buddha was Prince Guatama Siddhartha... India - Shakya Janapada AR 5-Shana 6th-5th Century BCE 25mm x 21mm, 7.05g Obv: Central Pentagonal punch plus several banker's marks Rev: Blank Ref: Hirano Type I.8.29 Coinage from the Ghaghara Gandak River region. At this time, any of the 16 "Janapada" was defined as a tribe, country, kingdom, or a republic in northern India. Shakya was a Republic (ah, I love the Republics!), in northern India near present day Nepal. "Prince Guatama Siddhartha 563 BCE to 483 BCE, the son of the king of the Shakya people (Republic). Siddhartha reached enlightenment, becoming a Buddha at the age of 35. The Gautama Buddha then traveled to the deer park near Benares, India, where he gave his first sermon and outlined the basic doctrines of Buddhism. According to Buddhism, there are “four noble truths”: (1) existence is suffering; (2) this suffering is caused by human craving; (3) there is a cessation of the suffering, which is nirvana; and (4) nirvana can be achieved, in this or future lives, though the “eightfold path” of right views, right resolve, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, and right concentration."
@THCoins Thank-you so much for 'enlightening' me. I needed that. Keep an eye out as I did purchase some more to get me started. @Alegandron Nice coin. Thanks