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What old Indian coins and notes actually sell for
30,953 completed sales, collected from 11 independent coin shops. These are prices somebody paid — not asking prices, and not a price guide's estimate. Nothing else in India publishes realised prices for old money, so this page keeps them in the open for anyone to use.
The whole distribution
| Lowest recorded sale | ₹1 |
| A quarter sold below | ₹196 |
| Middle price | ₹475 |
| Three quarters sold below | ₹1,538 |
| Nine in ten sold below | ₹4,099 |
| Highest recorded sale | ₹17,50,000 |
Money that is still in circulation
These are coins and notes you still find in a pocket. The right-hand figure is misleading on its own and should not be quoted without this sentence: nobody lists an ordinary note for sale, so a collector catalogue contains only the special ones — a fancy serial, a star replacement, an uncirculated bundle. The inflation is absence, not contamination. An ordinary note from your pocket is almost certainly worth its face value.
| Denomination | Face value | Collector median | Sales |
|---|---|---|---|
| ₹5 note | ₹5 | ₹625 | 49 |
| ₹10 coin | ₹10 | ₹213 | 147 |
| ₹10 note | ₹10 | ₹614 | 68 |
| ₹20 note | ₹20 | ₹567 | 14 |
| ₹50 note | ₹50 | ₹363 | 19 |
| ₹500 note | ₹500 | ₹663 | 32 |
The top of the market
Things really do sell for lakhs — but none of them came out of a pocket. Every sale below is gold, a graded pattern piece, or a complete bundle.
| Item | Sold for |
|---|---|
| India Government Mint Mumbai 500gm Silver Low Serial Number 000001 Unique and Rare 2023 Issue 1 | ₹17,50,000 |
| Super Duper Rare Half Rupee 1880 Queen Victoria Empress Calcutta Mint British India Silver Coin # A407 | ₹8,75,000 |
| 15 Rupees Gold Coin George V Year 1918 Bombay Mint High Grade Condition | ₹6,25,000 |
| Re 1 Republic India Top Graded Pattern Coin 2021 Mumbai Mint Issue Graded 64 Extreme Unique and Rare | ₹6,15,000 |
| India, Rupees 10 Complete Serial Bundle of 100 Notes, 4th Issue (D-4), Holy Fanc... | ₹4,21,000 |
| Jodhpur King George VI Gold Mohur Jhar Pure 24 Karat Gold 11 Gram Issue Very Rare Rajasthan Mohur | ₹4,06,250 |
| British India, Rupees 100 Banknote, King George VI (KGVI), Fancy Mirror Serial Number 667-766, Sign. J. B. Taylor, Karachi Circle, Very Extremely Rare (A28 667766) | ₹3,99,999 |
| British India, Rupees 100 Banknote, King George V (KGV), Sign. J. B. Taylor, Bom... | ₹3,99,999 |
How this was collected
- A sale counts only when a shop marks the item as sold. An asking price, a price-guide estimate and an unsold listing are all excluded.
- Collected between 2026-07-19 and 2026-09-20. Those are the dates the records were gathered, not the age of the items.
- Prices are whole rupees as the shop recorded them. Nothing is adjusted for condition, and no outlier is removed.
- Sources, by number of sales: coinbazzar (20,013) · collectorbazar (8,692) · indianhobbyclub (796) · sikkaji (739) · kbcoins (375) · rncoins (174) · mudramuni (49) · indiancoinstore (45) · numisindia (42) · numispoint (18) · shop24ampm (10)
- A per-item page appears only where at least 8 sales from 2 or more separate shops agree closely enough to mean something. Most items do not qualify and have no page.
Using these figures
Free to quote, with a link back. If you are writing about the old-coin fraud and want a figure checked, or a number this page does not carry, write to us.
The Currency Bazaar, “What old Indian coins and notes actually sell for”, 30,953 completed sales as of 2026-09-20. https://thecurrencybazaar.com/coin-price-index
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