This is a silver drachm issued by kings in Chauhan dynasty in mid 12th century. One of the great king form this dynasty was "Prithvi Raj Chauhan"...
Congratulations on a great achievement. That 1930 1c is really a tough coin. How did you manage to get that one? I am missing 1930 and 1925 to...
Nice coins, Steve. Regards, Ballabh Garg
Thanks for the additional info. I will try to get a copy this magazine. Regards, Ballabh Garg
And unless there is any luster left on this, I would call this a nice XF+ coin. Regards, Ballabh Garg
As the scope of this thread is not limited to the two coins appeared in auction in past. There are few other giant muhars known in few museums and...
Farukhsiyar -> [ATTACH] Ahmad Shah Bahadur -> [ATTACH] Muhammad Shah -> [ATTACH] Alamgir II -> [ATTACH] Regards, Ballabh Garg
Aurenzeb -> [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Regards, Ballabh Garg
And Few rupees issued by various Mughal emperors: Akbar -> [ATTACH] Jahangir -> [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Shah Jahan -> [ATTACH] [ATTACH]...
When Mughal emperor Akbar defeated Sher Shah Suri and became emperor again, he continued with the same rupee standard. In the beginning, the...
Here are few Tankas and Rupees issued by Sher Shah Suri during his period. The standard tanka issued by Sher Shah Suri (Most of emperors from...
It may be listed as Medallic issue in error. The coin sure has a denomination of one rupee and and was used to circulate for one rupee (The silver...
In 2003 catalog, it's on page #1082. For some reason this entire state listing is dropped from 2004 onward catalogs. Regards, Ballabh Garg
Unfortunately I haven't read the reports published in those magazines, so can't say anything about them. It depends on the resource from which...
Always enjoyed reading your trivias, Clinker! Great Info about the term rupees! Regards, Ballabh Garg
You are right. I checked few Kishangarh coins and the style of Jhar is definitely different then the one you have. From the two states, it...
No. There is no official grading available most of the Indian coins. But for any East India Company copper coins, the wear in coat of arms...
I am glad you found it. Nice coin BTW. Regards, Ballabh Garg
Yes,it's real. It's a quarter anna from Bombay presidency. C#592 or KM#231.1 Regards, Ballabh Garg
In earlier catalogs, this rupee coin was listed as Y#19 but I noticed it was dropped from recent Krause catalogs.Hopefully this will be added in...
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