abhishreshthaa
Abhijeet S
“INTRODUCTION OF THE COINS”
Within a wide span of about 27000years of historic period of India, many kingdoms rose and fell in different parts of the county. But all the states, with many ruling dynasties within them and many kings within the dynasty, issued their own coins.
Apart from history, coins have also aesthetic and artistic value. Indian coins have an attraction both for historians and collectors.
These Indian coins were collected abroad and inland too. Actually the invention of this coins came into existence form the settlement (emerge) of the group families, tribes.
A common commodity was fixed to serve as an intermediatiary in all the transactions.
The stage of minting of coins in India had not been reached during the Vedic period. It may be reasonably be claimed that coins had originated in India at least a century before Lydia and China thought of them.
All the earliest Indian coins known so for, are of silver. This had led scholars to become that these coins would have originated only in about the Sixth Century.B.C. When silver was brought in from the west.
However, silver was well known in Vedic period. The actual coins of the period also show that they were cut and clipped to adjust then into proper weights.(round, oval, elliptical)metal was method and poured either in earth or flat board to take it over shape.
Then the coins were pressed and used after the drying and stamping process was over. They covered bird’s animal’s floral pattern of hills trees bird’s animal’s reptiles human beings figures etc.
Initially the coins were printed on one side later was done on both sides stamping. The coins of each provinces and each coin different form one another. 125 varieties of coins were identified and classified.
The coins till years become the standard government coins came were classified under 34 plates, and each plate had 24coins in them. Some were Square, Oval, Circular, and long like 7-8 centimeters.
Some covered pictures of Kings Arrows and bow, some covered scripts, some were embedded with god and goddess images (Natraj) etc.
Some were as small as Shirt buttons, some with 3.5 radius and 3 inches thick. Some of them had shapes of kite and some of them had the language over it( their provinces language).
Some coins had bore circular hole in them. In these frame there were approximately 366 coins, these coins had pictures of pillars of great empire of that time.
After the invention of the standard coins by the Government of India there was a standard pattern followed and is still continuing to use which ARE called as “PAISA” but now “RUPEES”. These coins are made of steel and are being made in pune where the currency of India the “COIN MONEY” is made.
Till 1960 the old fashion of coins were printed in the same pattern of agriculture and other various other freedom fighter, but from 1991-1992 the very standard of the coins came into existence which is standard with (four tigers the sign form the Ashoka pillars), and a common standard design for various other coins too.
In the mid early 40’s and mid 50’s the small paises were also introduced these coins were of ( 1, 2, 3, 5, 10,25, 50,annas ). Some of the coins even had impression of rhinoceros. After that the new coins came with India map, maharaja of Air India, Appuu the small elephant. Then came with the Prime Minister“Mrs.IndiraGandhi”.
Among the last to be introduced were the Rs.5. These coins were introduced approximately in mid 90’s in the revenue system of Indian Government.
We could also see that the new coins are made to use much in the market the reason for this is the government wants the new pattern of the coins to standardize in the market instead of various shapes and various sizes.
So the new coins are used in each and every place in order to saturate the new coins in the new market.
Within a wide span of about 27000years of historic period of India, many kingdoms rose and fell in different parts of the county. But all the states, with many ruling dynasties within them and many kings within the dynasty, issued their own coins.
Apart from history, coins have also aesthetic and artistic value. Indian coins have an attraction both for historians and collectors.
These Indian coins were collected abroad and inland too. Actually the invention of this coins came into existence form the settlement (emerge) of the group families, tribes.
A common commodity was fixed to serve as an intermediatiary in all the transactions.
The stage of minting of coins in India had not been reached during the Vedic period. It may be reasonably be claimed that coins had originated in India at least a century before Lydia and China thought of them.
All the earliest Indian coins known so for, are of silver. This had led scholars to become that these coins would have originated only in about the Sixth Century.B.C. When silver was brought in from the west.
However, silver was well known in Vedic period. The actual coins of the period also show that they were cut and clipped to adjust then into proper weights.(round, oval, elliptical)metal was method and poured either in earth or flat board to take it over shape.
Then the coins were pressed and used after the drying and stamping process was over. They covered bird’s animal’s floral pattern of hills trees bird’s animal’s reptiles human beings figures etc.
Initially the coins were printed on one side later was done on both sides stamping. The coins of each provinces and each coin different form one another. 125 varieties of coins were identified and classified.
The coins till years become the standard government coins came were classified under 34 plates, and each plate had 24coins in them. Some were Square, Oval, Circular, and long like 7-8 centimeters.
Some covered pictures of Kings Arrows and bow, some covered scripts, some were embedded with god and goddess images (Natraj) etc.
Some were as small as Shirt buttons, some with 3.5 radius and 3 inches thick. Some of them had shapes of kite and some of them had the language over it( their provinces language).
Some coins had bore circular hole in them. In these frame there were approximately 366 coins, these coins had pictures of pillars of great empire of that time.
After the invention of the standard coins by the Government of India there was a standard pattern followed and is still continuing to use which ARE called as “PAISA” but now “RUPEES”. These coins are made of steel and are being made in pune where the currency of India the “COIN MONEY” is made.
Till 1960 the old fashion of coins were printed in the same pattern of agriculture and other various other freedom fighter, but from 1991-1992 the very standard of the coins came into existence which is standard with (four tigers the sign form the Ashoka pillars), and a common standard design for various other coins too.
In the mid early 40’s and mid 50’s the small paises were also introduced these coins were of ( 1, 2, 3, 5, 10,25, 50,annas ). Some of the coins even had impression of rhinoceros. After that the new coins came with India map, maharaja of Air India, Appuu the small elephant. Then came with the Prime Minister“Mrs.IndiraGandhi”.
Among the last to be introduced were the Rs.5. These coins were introduced approximately in mid 90’s in the revenue system of Indian Government.
We could also see that the new coins are made to use much in the market the reason for this is the government wants the new pattern of the coins to standardize in the market instead of various shapes and various sizes.
So the new coins are used in each and every place in order to saturate the new coins in the new market.