Among Jawaharlal Nehru’s many ambitions for India is to make its measures ... and argue about fares at the same time. Mothers fretted that the new coins were too easy for kids to swallow.

Have you ever thought about how old coins can reveal stories from India’s past? Imagine a busy marketplace where traders exchange goods, their coins carrying the history of kings and empires.

More than 150 such coins have been launched over the years, starting in 1964… When the first Indian commemorative ... issued with the logo of the IX Asian Games, which was adopted from Delhi ...

David Mac Dowall, the numismatist, who has died aged 94 was, at various times, Assistant Keeper ... Mac Dowall’s research into ancient coins of the Indian subcontinent, notably of the Indo ...