Indian Numsimatic Gallery

  Independent Kingdoms - Afsharid Silver Afsharid, Nadir Shah (AH 1148-1160, 1735-1747 AD), Very Rare Silver Rupee, Dar al-Khilafat Shahjahanabad ( FULL MINT ) ; AH 1152, Obverse: Sultan hasht bar salatin Jahan, Shahanshah Nadir Shah Sahib qiran, “Sultan over the Sultans of World, the king of kings Nadir, lord of the planetary conjunctions”, Reverse: Zar dar al khilafat Shahjahanabad khallad Allah mulkahu 1152. Note : Despite being outnumbered by six to one, Nader Shah crushed the Mughal army and invaded India in AH 1151. He captured Delhi, then returned it to the Mughal emperor Muhammad Shah in AH 1152 in exchange for the imperial Peacock Throne, the Koh-i-Noor and Darya-ye Noor diamonds and the contents of the imperial treasury estimated around seven hundred million rupees. The plunder seized from India was so rich that Nader stopped taxation in Iran for a period of three years following his return. This is the conquest coin that proclaims Nadir's defeat of the Mughal Emperor Muh

  Independent Kingdoms, Sikh Empire, Mihan Singh Kumedan as Governor (VS 1891–1898), Silver Rupee, Kashmir Mint, VS 18XX ; Weight : 11.07 Grams Gobind Shahi Couplet, “zarb kashmir, sri akal purakhjib”, mihan singh begain soon after the assumption of his governorship to strive for at least a partial independence from Lahore. the governor’s political ambition finally led, together with other reasons to a revolt of his troops & to his assassination, Herrli # 06.46.04, extra fine, Rare https://indiannumismaticgallery.com/

  Sikh Empire, Anandghar (Anandgarh) Mint, Rare Silver Rupee, VS 1841(AD 1784), "Gobindshahi" Couplet, Weight : 11.32 Grams ; Obv: Persian legend "deg tegh o fath nusrat be dirang yaft az nanak guru gobind singh", Rev: Persian legend "maimant manus" & "zarb Anandgarh" at the top with the Vikram Samvat 1841 & a floral, mace mintmarks(KM # 30), https://indiannumismaticgallery.com/

  IPS ; Radhanpur State ; Zorawar Khan RARE Silver Nazrana Rupee ; AH 1287 Radhanpur Mint, INO Queen Victoria ; Weight : 11.65 Grams https://indiannumismaticgallery.com/

  MUGHAL : Noor Jahan ; Silver Rupee naming Nur Jahan, Lahore, RY 20, AH 1034. Obverse : including RY 20 (of Jahangir) Reverse : including AH date 1033 and mint Lahore ; Weight : 11.33 Grams ; Reference KM 168.4 Ze Hukam Shah Jahangir Yaft Sad Zewar Ba Naame Noor Jahan Badshah Begum Zar By Order of Shah Jahangir Gained a Hunderd Beauties Gold By Name of Noor Jahan Badshah Begum Note : In the waning years of his reign, Jahangir lost himself in drink, and allowed his queen Nur Jahan to effectively run the administration of the empire. This coin is tangible proof of Nur Jahan's power, as she places her own name on the coin, although nominally the issuer is Jahangir. Upon his accession, Shah Jahan made it a capital crime to use these coins and ordered them all melted, accounting for their rarity now. The Lahore mint coins of Nur Jahan are much scarcer than the Patna coins. https://indiannumismaticgallery.com/

  Independent Kingdom : Mysore, Gold pagoda ; Haidar Ali (1761-1782 AD), KM 15 Weight : 3.46 Grams Obverse: Siva and Parvati seated facing; Siva holding trishul (trident) and mriga (deer) Reverse: Persian letter He (for Haidar) with a beautiful rosette within the curve of the letter Ref: MNI 971; MSI 1046-47; Henderson 1-2; KM 15 The Shiva-Parvati type of Haidar Ali imitated the coins of the Ikkeri Nayakas, whom he defeated in 1763. They were also the source of the gold that funded this coinage. By depicting Hindu deities on his coins, the new Muslim ruler was continuing a numismatic tradition that stretched back 400 years. The Vijayanagar kingdom had first placed Shiva-Parvati on its coins in the 14th century. A wonderful specimen sharply struck on a full flan. Note the beautiful rosette within the curve of He. https://indiannumismaticgallery.com/