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 Marked 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.

   

PUNCHMARKED

INDO GREEK

INDO SCYTHIAN

INDO PARTHIAN

KUSHAN

KUSHANO SASSANIAN

SHAHI KINGS OF KABUL & GANDHARA

ARABS IN SINDH & GHAZNAVIDS

SULTANS OF DELHI

MUGHALS

DURRANIS

SIKH RULERS

PRINCELY STATES OF INDIA BRITISH INDIA PAKISTANI
   
 
 
 

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