Reading a date from a Mughal couplet
Mughal coins rarely state their year plainly. The date hides inside a Persian couplet, in a regnal count, or in both at once — and the two disagree more often than the catalogues admit.
Guide · 9 min · July 2026
Centre for Philately & Numismatics — specialist dealers in rare coins, banknotes, stamps and covers, Indore
Rare coins, banknotes, postage stamps and covers — catalogued individually, described honestly, and photographed so you can judge condition before you ask a single question.
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Why trust a stranger with money
In this trade the dealer is the brand. Indore counter, open register, and a public record of everything handled.
- Pieces in the register
- Pieces in the register5Live
- Disciplines
- Disciplines4Under one roof
- Counter in Indore
- Counter in Indore1Walk in or book
- Authenticity
- Authenticity100%Lifetime guarantee
Featured pieces
Selected by the proprietor
Not the newest and not the dearest — the pieces worth stopping on, chosen by the person who bought them.
Four disciplines
What we deal in
Coins, banknotes, stamps and covers, and the supplies to house them — each catalogued to its own specialist attribute set, so you can filter the way you actually search.
Inherited something you don’t understand?
Most collections we buy were assembled by someone who is no longer here to explain them. Bring us what you have — a shoebox, an album, a whole estate — and we will tell you plainly what it is.
Your photographs and details are private, seen only by the shop, and never used as catalogue imagery.
From the Journal
Learn to read the object
Guides, notes and market commentary — the reference layer that outlasts any single piece of stock.
The Register
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