Commemorative Stamps Issued to Promote Education
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by Team Mintage World
1y ago
Education plays a vital role in our lives; it makes us realize our full potential and helps build character, opinion and intellect. With proper education, an individual achieves success and changes his perspective and opinion toward life. It helps achieve the aims of transmitting knowledge and fostering skills and character traits. Today we will discuss commemorative stamps issued to promote Education. by Indian Government. What is Education? With the help of education person grows professionally by gaining knowledge and boost confidence, fulfil goals of their lives. Education promotes g ..read more
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Currency Of Thailand-Thai Baht
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by Team Mintage World
1y ago
Baht is a Monetary unit in the currency of Thailand. The baht is the official currency of Thailand baht is divided into 100 satang. The Thai currency code is THB. The issuance of Baht from the bank of Thailand. According to the statistics, SWIFT ranked the Thai Baht as the tenth most-used world payment currency in January 2019. The circulated banknotes today in Thailand are in the range of 20 baht, 50 baht, 100 baht, and 1000 baht. Baht issuance of 10 to 10,000 Baht.  Who is the king shown on Thai Baht? Bhumibol Adulyadej (King Rama IX) Bhumibol was the first American king in Thailan ..read more
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Portuguese India Banknotes Depicting Temples
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by Team Mintage World
1y ago
India began its trade relationship with the Portuguese in 1948 with the arrival of Vasco Da Gama. The Portuguese were among the most influential European powers to land on the Indian coast in 1498 and remained the dominant power for nearly two centuries until; the arrival of the British East India Company. The entrance of the British East India Company squashed the strength and supremacy of the Portuguese, and the Portuguese control was limited to Goa, Daman-Dui and Dadra-Nagar Haveli. The Portuguese issued their first Portuguese India banknotes in 1882. The Portuguese enjoyed a good trad ..read more
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Rashtrakuta Coinage
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by Team Mintage World
2y ago
Many scholars and historians mark 600 BCE as the end of the ancient era and the start of the medieval period. This era also witnesses the rise of feudalism in India, which paves the way for the self-sufficient villages, and national and international trade. It was also the period when many strong and famous dynasties rose to power, one of them being the Rashtrakuta empire. The origin of Rashtrakuta is traced to 600 CE, they established their stronghold in Deccan in the later period and simultaneously extended their power till Kannauj, making them part of the famous tripartite struggle. This dy ..read more
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Malwa Sultanate Coinage 
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by Team Mintage World
2y ago
    Malwa Sultanate was an Independent kingdom established by Dilawar Khan in 1392 CE during the late medieval period in India. Rulers of this sultanate were of Afghan origin and ruled parts of present Madhya Pradesh and south-eastern Rajasthan between 1392 CE and 1562 CE. Today we will discuss the history of Malwa Sultanate and Malwa Sultanate Coinage. The Malwa Sultanate coinages are similar to the other Islamic coins featuring no bust or other pictorial representations; they are designed purely with the script issued during the medieval period in India. Coins issued ..read more
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Old Historic Coins Series that Every Numismatist should possess!
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by Team Mintage World
2y ago
Here’s good news for all those passionate coin collectors out there. With an ever-expanding online database about old historic coins from around the world, we are listing rare premium coins which every collector should possess. There are many websites that offer an ancient Indian old coin for sale, what makes us different is that we are offering them at reasonable rates. Not just that, we package your coins in such a way that you are also educated about various important aspects of the coin and its history. We aim to take the hobby to the next level by ensuring that every coin which is added t ..read more
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Ancient Goddess Lakshmi Coins
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by Team Mintage World
2y ago
Gajalaxmi is a Laxmi with an elephant; it is one of the most significant Ashtalakshmi aspects of the Hindu goddess Lakshmi. Gajalaxmi can de define as the goddess seated on the lotus in padmasana yogic posture, flanked by two elephants (Gaja) on both sides. The elephants flanking her are shown as pouring water from their trunk over the goddess. In Hindu mythology, Laxmi is a representative of prosperity, good luck and abundance. Lakshmi is the Goddess of wealth, fortune, power, and beauty. She represents all that is female. That’s why many ancient goddess Lakshmi coins are issued by many ruler ..read more
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Symbols seen on ancient Punch Marked Coins
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by Team Mintage World
2y ago
  Punch marked coins are the earliest coin issued in India. These coins were issued between the 6th century BC and 2nd Century BC. The study of this coin is a very fascinating and mysterious part of Indian coinage. The Punch Marked Coins were issued during the Janapada and Mahajanapa during the ancient period.    Janapada is derived from the Sanskrit word ‘Jana’ and ‘Pada’, Jana means people and pada means foot, hence, the word Janapada could mean, ‘foothold of the tribes’. The Janapada was the highest political unit during the ancient period. The head of this kingdom was Rajan ..read more
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Sikh Empire Coins
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by Team Mintage World
2y ago
The Sikh Empire was one of the major powers empires that originated in the Indian Subcontinent during the medieval period. This Empire is also known as Sikh Khalsa Raj or Sarkar-i-Khalsa. It was formed under the leadership of Maharaja Ranjit Singh, who established this kingdom under a secular empire based in Punjab.The Sikh Empire Coins started during the second half of the 18th century. Probably during the rule of Maharaja Ranjit Singh and it ended with the annexation of Punjab by the British government in 1849 CE. The coinage of the Sikh empire falls under medieval Indian coins. One should a ..read more
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Historical Postage Stamps for Understanding Scope of Archaeology
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by Team Mintage World
2y ago
The scope or range of history has been ever-changing and ever-widening. There was a time when history was a collection and transmission of fables, folktales, legends, and mythologies. It was based on imagination, memory, and tradition. It may be called a Folk story! The Greek historians were the first to delimit the scope of history. Herodotus wrote about the wars between the Greeks and the Persians, the Greco Persian wars. Thucydides death with the epic struggle between the Cities: the States of Greece, the Peloponnesian war. The Scope of history was thus limited mainly to the description of ..read more
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