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hi p.singh I am intrasted to become afriend iam hoding mughal coins i want to exchange coins with your sikh coins iam holding coin of silver wt 11.2 gm of 1 ruppy my e mail…
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- About Me
- I have been collecting coins from a very young age. My collection began with the coins of the British Commonwealth countries of Africa followed by UK coins and now coins of the Indian Sub Continent. I am a member of the Sikh Coins Group, Oriental Numismatic Society and the British Royal Mint Coin Club.
- About My Coin Collection
- Today I specialise in the coins of the Sikh Empire with some Mughal coins of India and Durrani coins of Afghanistan, also a few coins of East India Company.
- Favorite Coin Series
- It would have to be coins of the Sikh Empire
- Favorite Coin from Your Collection
- I have so many but the one which stands out is the silver rupee of AMRITSAR mint with the Nagri word "OM"
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SIKH COINS INTRODUCED
It is a fact that many Sikhs and non Sikhs around the world are not aware that the Sikh Empire known as Punjab, covered a huge area in the North/West of India. The Punjab used a very fascinating monetary system consisting of coins and tokens in metals of Gold, Silver and Copper.
The coins were produced in denominations of Mohur, Rupee and Paisa covering the major cities of Punjab. These days you can find coins for the cities of Amritsar, Kashmir and Anandghar which are still part of… Continue
The coins were produced in denominations of Mohur, Rupee and Paisa covering the major cities of Punjab. These days you can find coins for the cities of Amritsar, Kashmir and Anandghar which are still part of… Continue
Posted on February 12, 2009 at 8:17pm — 2 Comments
NUMBERING TABLE TO DECIPHER SIKH AND ISLAMIC COINS
THE DATES ON THE SIKH COINS MAY BE DECODED USING THE TABLE BELOW.
One thing you will need to note is that the dating system on SIKH coins was based on the Hindu Lunar calender, the Vikrami Sambat(VS) era. Therefore you will need to deduct 57 years from the date on the coin to get the Christian (AD) era.
For example:
1884 VS(Vikrami Sambat) era will become 1827 AD(Christian era)
Should anyone need additional… Continue
One thing you will need to note is that the dating system on SIKH coins was based on the Hindu Lunar calender, the Vikrami Sambat(VS) era. Therefore you will need to deduct 57 years from the date on the coin to get the Christian (AD) era.
For example:
1884 VS(Vikrami Sambat) era will become 1827 AD(Christian era)
Should anyone need additional… Continue
Posted on February 10, 2009 at 3:44pm
SIKH COINS GROUP
It is a fact that many Sikhs and non Sikhs around the world are not aware that the Sikh Empire known as Punjab, covered a huge area in the North/West of India. The Punjab used a very fascinating monetary system consisting of coins and tokens in metals of Gold, Silver and Copper.
The coins were produced in denominations of Mohur, Rupee and Paisa covering the major cities of Punjab. These days you can find coins for the cities of Amritsar, Kashmir and Anandghar which are still part of… Continue
The coins were produced in denominations of Mohur, Rupee and Paisa covering the major cities of Punjab. These days you can find coins for the cities of Amritsar, Kashmir and Anandghar which are still part of… Continue
Posted on February 8, 2009 at 12:26pm — 2 Comments
Comment Wall (125 comments)
- At 12:45am on January 6, 2009,
Aidan Work said… - Welcome aboard,Parminder!
Happy New Year!
Aidan.
- At 5:18am on January 6, 2009,
Shastri JC. Philip said… - Welcome to the Coin Network Parminder ji !!
There is a Group on this Network dedicated to Indian Coins. I invite you to visit this group at:
Coin Network -- Indian Coins Group
and join it.
Indian Coins have a glrious history of 3000 years and together we can do much to promote and popularize the collection and study of Indian Coins
With warm greetings !
Shastri JC Philip
Shastri JC Philip
www.CoinsEncyclopedia.org
- At 9:05pm on January 7, 2009,
Aidan Work said…
- Parminder,
Have you thought about registering for an account up on http://www.zeno.ru ?
You have to email Vladimir Belyaev at bel@zenon.net with the user name that you want to use.
Once you are registered,you can upload your own photos.
Aidan.
- At 3:13am on January 12, 2009,
Azhar said… - Dear P. Singh,
Thank you very much for add me as freind, I learn much from ur mails at Sikh coin group, Hope to get more here.
Regards.
AZHAR
Chiniot-Pakistan
- At 12:06am on January 13, 2009,
Azhar said…
- Dear P. Singh,
Thanks for ur reply, Our arms are open to say u Welcome in Pakistan.
Pray for peace all around us.
Regards.
AZHAR
Chiniot-Pakistan
- At 6:44am on January 15, 2009,
Gurprit said… - Dear Parminder,
I am glad to join your Sikh Coins Network. Wish you a great success in your venture.
Gurprit
- At 12:43pm on January 15, 2009,
bruce knopp said…
- Thanks for the invite. I know very little about sikh coins, but I would like to learn.The older Indian coins I do have sometimes are very difficult to read. Here's hoping we will learn more. Thanks, Bruce Knopp
- At 5:38am on January 17, 2009,
Andy said… - Hello Parminder, Thanks for the invite, I don't collect Sikh coins but I'm all ways interested in any coins of India my main interest is Ancient India, then Mughal, Princely States,British India, British Queen Victoria. Andy
- At 1:18pm on January 17, 2009,
Sachin Gupte said… - hello parminder first of all let me tell you thats a beautiful coin you have on your profile as gold coins are my passion with each new coin in my collection i feel more powerful and confident like a absolute raja dont worry i wont eye your coin unless you have a double haha
- At 3:00pm on January 17, 2009,
BRYAN said… - Hello Parminder. Just wanted to let you know I accepted your invite and have added you to my friends list. I'm looking forward to hearing about your collection since I know little about it and I love to learn about coins everywhere.
Welcome and thank you, Bryan
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