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The Coins of the Sikhs

The Coins of the Sikhs
Author Hans Herrli
Part of The Coins of the Sikhs
Edition 2nd Edition
Publication year 2004
Publisher Maharashtra Munshiram Manoharlal Publishers
Publication location Nagpur, Maharaştra, India
Diller İngilizce
ISBN-10 8121511321
ISBN-13 9788121511322
OCLC number 1099719395
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L105530

Topic

Types of objects Madenî paralar, Jetonlar, Madalyalar
Issuers Sikh, Empire of

Abstract

The Sikh coinage started in the second half of the 18th century, reached its apogee during the rule of Maharaja Ranjit Singh and ended abruptly with the annexation of the Panjab by the British in 1849. Although the Sikhs struck coins in about 20 mints, there coinage remained quite uniform until the end. Their rupees bear religious legends and never mention their issuer, but Amritsar, their main economic and religious centre, produced the most complex system of mintmarks in modern India. Early observers were often baffled by the first major non-Mughal coinage of northern India and their descriptions of Sikh coins are commonly full of errors, errors that have all too often survived until today.

In a first part the present book gives a short historical introduction and a general survey of the Sikh coinage. The second part consists of an illustrated catalogue of all the actually known Sikh coin types arranged by mints. Several appendices offer a brief survey of Sikh tokens and medals and a few important numismatic texts in extenso. This book is not only intended as a useful tool for coin collectors, but also as a source of material for historians and students of the economy of the Sikh Empire.

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