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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;bgarg, post: 264841, member: 1876&quot;]When Mughal emperor Akbar defeated Sher Shah Suri and became emperor again, he continued with the same rupee standard.</p><p><br /></p><p>In the beginning, the style of his rupee coin was very similar to the one issued by Sher Shah Suri. But later he changed the style of his coin and made it much smaller flan and very thick coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is the Akbar&#039;s rupee with first style:</p><p>[ATTACH]20401.vB[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>And a later style rupee coin: </p><p>[ATTACH]20403.vB[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Akbar even tried making rupee with square flans (similar to some earlier sultanat coins issued in central Indian region). These were not very successful and were discontinued by later Mughal emperors.</p><p>[ATTACH]20402.vB[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Regards,</p><p>Ballabh Garg[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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