An Encyclopedic Free Resourse On Indian Coins [A Project Of Shastri Numismatics Academy]
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With more than 1000 kingdoms and 5000 people groups, a materially rich country like India gave rise to hundreds of thousands of coins over the last 5000 years of history. Thus nobody in his right mind would think of ever collecting all the Indian coins, or even a substantial portion of it. This means that anyone getting into collecting Indian coins should adopt some common-sense measure, some of which will be outlined in this article.
CoinPicture: Yaudheyas of Punjab, obverse
I believe it is an important duty of any dealer or auctioneer to protect his customers from counterfeit numismatic items. Dealers should not only be knowledgeable in the areas in which they deal, but should seriously investigate any suspicious item which they own, and encourage their customers to voice their doubts about any questionable item they purchase. I do not view questions about in this area as a challenge to my own knowledgeability or ethics, and I always seek to separate questions of authenticity from considerations of personal financial loss. It is in the best interests of the hobby to detect and denounce forgeries as early as possible.
Picture: Large sized VOC led coins
A coin is usually a piece of hard material, usually metal or a metallic material, usually in the shape of a disc, and most often issued by a government. Coins are used as a form of money in transactions of various kinds, from the everyday circulation coins to the storage of vast amounts of bullion coins. In the present day, coins and banknotes make up the cash forms of all modern money systems. Coins made for circulation (general monetized use) are usually used for lower-valued units, and banknotes for the higher values; also, in most money systems, the highest value coin is worth less than the lowest-value note.
Coin Collecting is the hobby pertaining to collecting or trading of coins. Coin Collecting goes back as far as coinage itself. It originally started as the hoarding of coins in order to increase their value. Collecting coins for their artistic value came later on and was originally considered a hobby fit only for the rich (for obvious reasons).
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