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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. |
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