India

Madras Presidency Silver Rupee (minted in the name of Shah Alam I in Chinapatan in either 1711 or 1712):

 

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Madras Presidency Silver Rupee (minted in the name of Shah Alam I in Chinapatan in either 1711 or 1712):

 

Madras Presidency Gold Mohur (minted in Madras in 1819):

 

Gupta Gold Dinar of Samudragupta (minted sometime between 335 and 375):

 

Gupta Gold Dinar of Skandagupta (minted sometime between 455 and 467):

 

Yadavas of Tribhuvanagiri Gold 1/2 Dinar of Kumara Pala (minted sometime in the 1190s)

 

One I was lucky to pick up in a large random collection

A Zodiac Leo Rupee, Shah Jahan, the builder of the Taj Mahal, if I remember right. From a few years ago

 

Sultanate of Gujarat Gold 1/5 Tanka of Qutb al-Din Bahadur Shah (minted in either 1535 or 1536):

 

Looking for a bit of advice on this one - I think it is an 19th to early 20th century temple token in the style of a square Rupee of Akbar the Great. This one a bit underweight at 10.65g 21x21 mm. The obverse reading Muhammad with the names of the four righteous califs in corners. not sure what to make of the GM on the reverse? the rest of the text seems like a stylized:
لا إله إلا الله
محمد
رسول الله
I can't quite make out the text:


tokens were issued in the 18th and 19th century India for use as temple tokens as using British coins was undesirable? Interested if anyone knows more.