A Gallery of 40 Coins Through History (Image Gallery) p. 2

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by Mark Cartwright
published on 10 September 2024

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Coin from Kashi

by Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin
published on 02 November 2016

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Coin from Kashi, modern-day Northern India, 500-400 BCE.

When a coin was first issued, it would have the marks of the issuing authority. Money changers (shroffs) then marked coins to show they were acceptable. Sometimes a coin would be marked so many times that it obliterated the original design. This coin has been marked 16 times, twice by one shroff.

The British Museum, London.

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