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title: "Surprising facts about the history of coins in India"  
description: "Coins were made as a transaction in Ancient India and the history of them is still very curious let's see it."  
author: "Sanjay Goenka"  
published: 2023-05-04  
canonical: https://yourviews.mindstick.com/story/2257/surprising-facts-about-the-history-of-coins-in-india  
category: "indian history"  
tags: ["Indian HIstory", "Coins of Ancient India"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# Surprising facts about the history of coins in India

![Surprising facts about the history of coins in India](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/31b4f396-6684-44f1-a9e2-0717cde51604/images/14a82374-1309-4eb3-b608-f19912929b6e.jpeg) ![Surprising facts about the history of coins in India](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/31b4f396-6684-44f1-a9e2-0717cde51604/images/4cfbc0cf-4acf-4d64-a255-e60cb5079a41.jpeg) Indian coins are more than 2500 years old ![Surprising facts about the history of coins in India](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/31b4f396-6684-44f1-a9e2-0717cde51604/images/79aa33c3-4943-44ae-9839-952492fe73a8.jpeg) Razia Sultana was the first Muslim queen to be featured on a coin ![Surprising facts about the history of coins in India](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/31b4f396-6684-44f1-a9e2-0717cde51604/images/d2055018-2ee2-4ab0-b86c-3d79698355f2.jpeg) Our coins are a rich source of Indian history ![Surprising facts about the history of coins in India](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/31b4f396-6684-44f1-a9e2-0717cde51604/images/15a57e04-3b4c-4e0f-b66a-81fc1ebe2d81.jpeg) Jahangir, the Mughal Emperor minted gigantic gold coins with a diameter of 21 cm ![Surprising facts about the history of coins in India](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/31b4f396-6684-44f1-a9e2-0717cde51604/images/5a491f56-bdfc-48ec-9fa2-059265958f5c.jpeg) 'fanam' was a small coin used in south India between the 9th and 19th centuries ![Surprising facts about the history of coins in India](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/31b4f396-6684-44f1-a9e2-0717cde51604/images/a54fc4f6-d854-4eb2-9513-7ff236ed1d23.jpeg) India's coinage is remarkable for its sheer diversity ![Surprising facts about the history of coins in India](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/31b4f396-6684-44f1-a9e2-0717cde51604/images/0209673c-7fdd-4606-916c-cc5487ece4a7.jpeg) India's The word 'rupee' means a coin of silvercoinage

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