Thursday, November 5, 2009
MUGHAL STYLE COINS.
In the past, the Rajput states, Portugese, French, and Dutch companies did not introduced their own coins seperately but continued top use Mughal style coins in circulation. Because of this in eighteenty century A.D. thousands of coins in Mugahal style were in circulation. But instead of Hijari year, state year was printed. In 1803 A.D.. when the British conqured Delhi, they continued minting coins in the name of Mughal emperors. Till 1857 , these coins bear the mane of Bahadur shah printed on them, it seems.
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