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Antique Indian Coins of Dutch, Danes, French and Portuguese

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Antique Indian Coins of Dutch, Danes, French and Portuguese

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  1. Antique Indian Coins of Dutch, Danes, French and Portuguese

  2. Antique coins of India speak a lot about Indian history and traditions. Numismatists have been trying to decipher various aspects about our past through the study of coinage. After the downfall of Mughal empire, India was colonised by various European powers, each of which issued different kinds of coins. Let’s take a look at some of them today.

  3. When it comes to coins from the colonial era, we mainly talk about rare coins of British India, However, you must know that Dutch East India Company had also issued coins in India. These antique coins bore various denominations such as Bazruk, Rasi, Duit, Rupee, Cash etc. They were struck in different metals such as Bronze, Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver and Tin.

  4. The Danish East India Company also issued various antique coins of India under different rulers from 1588 to early 1700s. This very rare coin of Christian V features the text DAN/NIS/BORG in three lines on the obverse and the text AAL/BORG in two lines on the reverse. These round shaped coins were die-struck on lead.

  5. You would be surprised to know that the coins issued under French East India Company featured Persian legends, as they were issued in the name of local rulers. For example this Antique Coin of India was issued by French East India Company under Shah Alam II in 1218 at Arcot Mint. This silver rupee featured the text Shah Alam and a Couplet in Persian.

  6. Did you know that the Kingdom of Portugal had issued antique Indian coins from 1900 to 1910? For example, this 1/12 Tanga bronze coin was issued in 1901 featuring the Head of Carlos I on the obverse. Now that you know about these categories of Indian coins, try putting together a unique collection of colonial coins of India.

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