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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.

₹475
the middle price of every recorded sale
half of all sales fell between ₹196 and ₹1,538
Most old money is worth roughly what is printed on it. Of the 30,953 sales recorded here, 50.8% were under ₹500, and only 29 of them — 0.09% — passed ₹1,00,000. Anyone claiming lakhs before they have seen your item is guessing or worse.

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.

ItemSold 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

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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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