Sunday, September 4, 2011

Alphabetical List of Former British India's Princely States


Alphabetical list of former British India's princely states

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

A

B

C

D

 F

  • Faridkot in PEPSU - Hereditary salute of 11-guns

G

H

I

J

K

L

M

N

O

  • Orchha in Madhya Pradesh - Hereditary salute of 15-guns
  • Oudh = Awadh Political Pensioner - ?salute

 P

R

S

T

U

V

 W

Z


Saturday, September 3, 2011

Coin Books

Coin Links

Indian Coin Denominations


Indian Coin Denomination

Republic India - New System (from 1957)

  • One Paisa (New Paisa)
  • Two Paise
  • Three Paise
  • Five Paise
  • Ten Paise
  • Twenty Paise
  • Twenty Five Paise
  • Fity Paise
  • One Rupee
  • Two Rupees
  • Five Rupees
  • Ten Rupees - UNC, Proofs, Commemorative
  • Twenty Rupees - UNC, Proofs, Commemorative
  • Fifty Rupees - UNC, Proofs, Commemorative
  • One Hundred Rupees - UNC, Proofs, Commemorative

Some Conversions based on New System

  • 100 New Paise = 1 Rupee

Republic India - Old System (Till 1957)

  • One Pice
  • Half Anna
  • Anna
  • Two Annas
  • 1/4th Rupee
  • 1/2 Rupee
  • 1 Rupee

Some Conversions based on Old System

  • 4 Pice = 1 Anna
  • 4 Annas = 1/4th Rupee
  • 8 Anna = 1/2 Rupee
  • 16 Anna = 1 Rupee

British India (Until 1947)

  • 1 Pie or 1/12th Anna
  • 1/2 Pice (Paisa)
  • One Pice (Paisa)
  • 1/4th or One Quarter Anna
  • 1/2 Anna
  • One Anna
  • Two Annas
  • Four Annas
  • Eight Annas
  • 1/4th or Quarter Rupee
  • 1/2 Rupee
  • One Rupee
  • 15 Rupees or 1 Mohur - Gold

Some Conversions based on British India Coinage

  • 3 Pies = 1 Pice (Paisa)
  • 4 Pice = 1 Anna
  • 16 Annas = 1 Rupee
  • 15 Rupees = 1 Mohur

Friday, September 2, 2011

Chowri and Phuti Chowri

Chowri and Phuti Chowri

130 varieties of cowries are found in the world of which around 40 are available in India. Those ceased to be used when the Indian government issued coins of very low denomination. Almost all the rulers of the various Indian States issued their own unique coins of different shapes, sizes, weights and denominations, in gold, silver, brass and other metals.
Early coins were die-struck manually and therefore were not uniform in shape and design. The earliest of such coins were castes coins & die-struck only on one side, and were thus uni face and because they had one to five marks incused on a single side, they are termed 'Punch Mark' coins.