History of Indian Coins and Currency

I. Coins

It would be interesting for us to know that the first documented coinage seems to have started with 'Punch Marked' coins issued between the 7th-6th Century BC and 1st Century AD. You can classsify the coin age into the following periods:

a. Ancient

b. Medival

c. Mughal

d. Late pre-colonial

e. British India

f. Republic India

g. Others

You can see some ancient coins below, which were in circulation in our provincial states. They were issued by different states under various kings:

Now you see the modern day coins here, which of course have undergone changes over a period of time:

NEW 1000 AND 500 NOTES-  2016

The following are some old Indian currency notes:

Below here you can see how our old British currency notes looked like!

The following are some other old British currency notes:.