COINS GALLERY    

The Coin Gallery is divided into two parts (1) Pre Islamic and (2) Islamic till to the contemporary period Coinage.

Pre Islamic:
Starting from Barter system, seals used as coins by Indus valley people, Punch Mark coins dated from 6th Century B.C., displaying some rare bar copper & silver coins, Indo Greeks including a rare bronze coin of Alexander the Great and several other unique coins, Indo Scythians, Indo Parthian, Kushans, Guptas, Indo Sassanians, Hindu Shahis.

Islamic:
This part starts from the coinage of Arab Governors of Sindh, some rare Sultanate Coins, Mughal Coins, later Mughals, British Indian, and then coinage after 1947.

This includes a display of coin making techniques in Pakistan Mint, with some original display of dies, the process of coin making along some tools, some old machines, and a documentary covering the whole process of coin minting in Pakistan Mint.

There are some interactive techniques for embossing dye and some others.

   

PUNCHMARK

INDO GREEK

INDO SCYTHIAN

INDO PARTHIAN

KUSHAN

KUSHANO SASSANIAN

SHAHI KINGS OF KABUL & GANDHARA

ARABS IN SINDH

SULTANS OF DELHI

MUGHALS

DURRANIS

SIKH RULERS

PRINCELY STATES OF INDIA BRITISH INDIA PAKISTANI
   
 
 
 

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