It's a currency that has spanned many centuries and many countries. There's plenty of weird and wonderful types. One of my favourites belongs not to India but East Africa instead.
ofcourse i love them all but in the interest of seeing why you all have I won't post all of mine :D
I've always wanted a Mombasa rupee Mark! you bagged a good one!
I'm partial to this Bikaner rupee... I have a couple and they are a conversation piece with Ganga Singh's turban ... and the various Royal symbols on the reverse
That looks like apukings ! I love all the states milled coinage I have a dewas junior branch 1/4 Anna on the way. I can't tell you how happy I am they're that scarce !
Its difficult to pick a single one as favorite but below are some of my favorites in various categories
Delhi Sultanate : Sher Shah Suri - He introduced the silver rupee standard
Mughal Empire : Akbar
India - Independent Kingdom : Mysore - Tipu Sultan
Indian Princely States : Hyderabad
East India Company : Queen Victoria - divided legend
British India : Victoria Empress
French India :
Portuguese India :
Republic of India :
Outside India : German East Africa
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Quote: "Parimal"Its difficult to pick a single one as favorite but below are some of my favorites in various categories
Delhi Sultanate : Sher Shah Suri - He introduced the silver rupee standard
Mughal Empire : Akbar
India - Independent Kingdom : Mysore - Tipu Sultan
Indian Princely States : Hyderabad
East India Company : Queen Victoria - divided legend
British India : Victoria Empress
French India :
Portuguese India :
Republic of India :
Outside India : German East Africa
Those are some really fantabulous rupee coins.
Each coin has its own intrinsic value, never disregard any coin be it a penny or a mohur.
Quote: "maudry"I just got these two and they made me remember this thread.
I just thought I should post them here:
Nice coins. They are scarce in this grade
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