Turkish and Delhi Sultanate Coins
- The coins had inscriptions in the form of the king’s name, title, and date as per the Hijri calendar.
- The coins did not bear any image of the issuing monarch as there was a prohibition of idolatry in Islam.
- The Sultans of Delhi issued gold, silver, copper, and billon coins.
Mughal Coins
- The standard gold coin of the Mughals was the Mohur.
- Akbar issued both round and square coins. In 1579, he issued gold coins called ‘Ilahi coins’ to propagate his new religious creed ‘Din-i-Illahi’.
- Jahangir showed the legend in a couplet in the coins. In some of his coins, he added the name of his beloved wife Noorjahan. The most famous of his coins had images of Zodiac signs.
