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<p>[QUOTE="Mithril, post: 8227334, member: 51330"]Hi - there are some great examples of Indian coins in this thread. It's an area I enjoy collecting a lot. I always enjoyed the challenge of identifying coins with "squiggly" writing on them - especially long before the internet which is kinda cheating... </p><p><br /></p><p>I have noticed prices going up quite significantly in the past 10 years - particularly, but unsurprisingly, for quality material. Though not really Indian, Ga-den tanka's have increased 10 fold. I used to get them for £3 each - now they are pushing £30... But even basic 19th Century coppers are going for quite the price nowadays. I saw an uncirculated Travancore,Rama Varma VI 1/2 Chuckram go for over £1k recently which was astounding.</p><p><br /></p><p>I've a modest collection built up - but probably too many to post here. If anyone is interested I have my collection on my own site that I designed myself to be how I like it (HTML1 but should still work on all platforms). </p><p><br /></p><p>I'm an active contributor to ZENO so most of my coins are on there as reference coins anyway - but I like to be able to view them in a certain way. However something that might be of use is my Mughal mint identifier. Most places require a lot of clicking and searching but I've tried to bring them all together in one place so it's easier to just scan down the list - well - it works for me. Link below. </p><p><br /></p><p>Photography is a work in progress! </p><p><br /></p><p>Rupees </p><p><a href="http://diadumenian.com/Congressofprinces/Indian%20Rupees.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://diadumenian.com/Congressofprinces/Indian%20Rupees.html" rel="nofollow">Indian Rupees (diadumenian.com)</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Other Indian </p><p><a href="http://diadumenian.com/Congressofprinces/Other%20Indian%20Coins/Other%20Indian%20Coins.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://diadumenian.com/Congressofprinces/Other%20Indian%20Coins/Other%20Indian%20Coins.html" rel="nofollow">Other Indian Coins (diadumenian.com)</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Indian copper </p><p><a href="http://diadumenian.com/Congressofprinces/Indian%20copper%20coins.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://diadumenian.com/Congressofprinces/Indian%20copper%20coins.html" rel="nofollow">Indian copper coins (diadumenian.com)</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Mughal mint identifier. </p><p><a href="http://diadumenian.com/Congressofprinces/Mughal%20mints.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://diadumenian.com/Congressofprinces/Mughal%20mints.html" rel="nofollow">Mughal mints identification - at a glance (diadumenian.com)</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Mithril, post: 8227334, member: 51330"]Hi - there are some great examples of Indian coins in this thread. It's an area I enjoy collecting a lot. I always enjoyed the challenge of identifying coins with "squiggly" writing on them - especially long before the internet which is kinda cheating... I have noticed prices going up quite significantly in the past 10 years - particularly, but unsurprisingly, for quality material. Though not really Indian, Ga-den tanka's have increased 10 fold. I used to get them for £3 each - now they are pushing £30... But even basic 19th Century coppers are going for quite the price nowadays. I saw an uncirculated Travancore,Rama Varma VI 1/2 Chuckram go for over £1k recently which was astounding. I've a modest collection built up - but probably too many to post here. If anyone is interested I have my collection on my own site that I designed myself to be how I like it (HTML1 but should still work on all platforms). I'm an active contributor to ZENO so most of my coins are on there as reference coins anyway - but I like to be able to view them in a certain way. However something that might be of use is my Mughal mint identifier. Most places require a lot of clicking and searching but I've tried to bring them all together in one place so it's easier to just scan down the list - well - it works for me. Link below. Photography is a work in progress! Rupees [URL='http://diadumenian.com/Congressofprinces/Indian%20Rupees.html']Indian Rupees (diadumenian.com)[/URL] Other Indian [URL='http://diadumenian.com/Congressofprinces/Other%20Indian%20Coins/Other%20Indian%20Coins.html']Other Indian Coins (diadumenian.com)[/URL] Indian copper [URL='http://diadumenian.com/Congressofprinces/Indian%20copper%20coins.html']Indian copper coins (diadumenian.com)[/URL] Mughal mint identifier. [URL='http://diadumenian.com/Congressofprinces/Mughal%20mints.html']Mughal mints identification - at a glance (diadumenian.com)[/URL][/QUOTE]
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