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Analyse the Mughal monetary system and examine their policy of minting of coins.

  • UPSC 2014
  • Economy and Society in the 16th and 17th Centuries

The Mughal monetary system was among the most sophisticated of the pre-modern world — a tri-metallic currency of exceptional purity and empire-wide uniformity, backed by a disciplined minting apparatus and, increasingly, by a parallel system of paper credit that extended its reach well beyond the physical coin.

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  • The Tri-Metallic Currency
  • Silver: The Base of the System
  • Gold and Copper: Prestige and Petty Circulation
  • Regional and Commemorative Issues
  • Exchange Value and Its Fluctuation
  • The Minting System and Its Regulations
  • …and 2 more sections, with a conclusion

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