There has always been a demand for fascinating antique coins of India that were issued during the colonial period. Back in the 17th century, the East India Company divided their Indian territories into three presidencies namely, Bengal Presidency, Bombay Presidency and Madras Presidency. Antique Indian coins were issued separately for each presidency and were circulated within their circle of issue. Apart from British East India Company, several other European trading companies such as French East India Company, Dutch East India Company, Danish East India Company and Portugal issued different types of colonial coins in India. The British East India Company issued one Mohur gold coins featuring a portrait of Queen Victoria in 1841. This coin is considered to be one of the rarest coins of India. They were die-struck at Calcutta Mint in 11.66 grams of gold and had a diameter of 26 millimetres. The reverse side of these antique Indian coins featured a standing lion facing left with a palm tree above it. Other inscriptions like EAST INDIA COMPANY, ONE MOHUR and YEK ASHRAFI in Persian were also included on the reverse side. If you like collecting rare coins of British India then you must definitely look for the silver rupee coin that was die-struck in 1877 at Bombay Mint featuring a portrait of Victoria Empress. These antique coins of India weighed 11.66 grams and had a diameter of 30.5 to 30.9 millimetres. The interesting aspect about these old Indian coins is that the word Queen was changed to Empress and the previous design was retained. The reverse side featured the value, date, and denomination in words. The Danish East India Company struck coins of the denomination 10 Cash in 10 grams of copper during the rule of Frederik IV in 1700. The obverse side of these antique Indian coins featured a crowned Double F4 Monogram while the reverse side featured a crowned DAC Monogram along with the inscriptions 10 and KASS below. There are several other exciting varieties of antique coins of India that were issued by different European powers in different denominations. You can focus on one category like British India coins, presidency coins etc. and then look towards building an impressive set
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