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.

The Indian rupee is projected to post modest gains this year, underperforming most Asian currencies despite a weakening U.S.