{
  "name": "What old Indian coins and notes actually sell for",
  "description": "Realised prices for 30953 completed sales of Indian coins and banknotes, gathered from 11 independent shops. Prices somebody paid — not asking prices and not price-guide estimates.",
  "source": "https://thecurrencybazaar.com/coin-price-index",
  "citation": "The Currency Bazaar, \"What old Indian coins and notes actually sell for\", 30953 completed sales as of 2026-09-20. https://thecurrencybazaar.com/coin-price-index",
  "licence": "Free to quote with a link back to the source URL.",
  "collected": {
    "from": "2026-07-19",
    "to": "2026-09-20"
  },
  "method": "A sale counts only when a shop marked the item sold. Asking prices, price-guide estimates and unsold listings are excluded. Prices are whole rupees as recorded; nothing is adjusted for condition and no outlier is removed.",
  "caveat": "The circulating denominations below carry a collector median far above face value. That figure is real and misleading on its own: 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 a pocket is worth its face value.",
  "summary": {
    "sales": 30953,
    "shops": 11,
    "median_inr": 475,
    "p25_inr": 196,
    "p75_inr": 1538,
    "p90_inr": 4099,
    "lowest_inr": 1,
    "highest_inr": 1750000,
    "share_under_500_pct": 50.8,
    "share_over_10000_pct": 3.5,
    "sales_over_1_lakh": 29,
    "share_over_1_lakh_pct": 0.09
  },
  "circulating_denominations": [
    {
      "name": "₹5 note",
      "face_value_inr": 5,
      "collector_median_inr": 625,
      "sales": 49,
      "multiple_of_face": 125
    },
    {
      "name": "₹10 coin",
      "face_value_inr": 10,
      "collector_median_inr": 213,
      "sales": 147,
      "multiple_of_face": 21
    },
    {
      "name": "₹10 note",
      "face_value_inr": 10,
      "collector_median_inr": 614,
      "sales": 68,
      "multiple_of_face": 61
    },
    {
      "name": "₹20 note",
      "face_value_inr": 20,
      "collector_median_inr": 567,
      "sales": 14,
      "multiple_of_face": 28
    },
    {
      "name": "₹50 note",
      "face_value_inr": 50,
      "collector_median_inr": 363,
      "sales": 19,
      "multiple_of_face": 7
    },
    {
      "name": "₹500 note",
      "face_value_inr": 500,
      "collector_median_inr": 663,
      "sales": 32,
      "multiple_of_face": 1
    }
  ],
  "highest_sales": [
    {
      "item": "India Government Mint Mumbai 500gm Silver Low Serial Number 000001 Unique and Rare 2023 Issue 1",
      "price_inr": 1750000
    },
    {
      "item": "Super Duper Rare Half Rupee 1880 Queen Victoria Empress Calcutta Mint British India Silver Coin # A407",
      "price_inr": 875000
    },
    {
      "item": "15 Rupees Gold Coin George V Year 1918 Bombay Mint High Grade Condition",
      "price_inr": 625000
    },
    {
      "item": "Re 1 Republic India Top Graded Pattern Coin 2021 Mumbai Mint Issue Graded 64 Extreme Unique and Rare",
      "price_inr": 615000
    },
    {
      "item": "India, Rupees 10 Complete Serial Bundle of 100 Notes, 4th Issue (D-4), Holy Fanc...",
      "price_inr": 421000
    },
    {
      "item": "Jodhpur King George VI Gold Mohur Jhar Pure 24 Karat Gold 11 Gram Issue Very Rare Rajasthan Mohur",
      "price_inr": 406250
    },
    {
      "item": "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)",
      "price_inr": 399999
    },
    {
      "item": "British India, Rupees 100 Banknote, King George V (KGV), Sign. J. B. Taylor, Bom...",
      "price_inr": 399999
    },
    {
      "item": "EXTREMELY RARE NGS GRADED 12PCS COIN, PLEASE SEE ALL IMAGES TO KNOW FULL DETAILS",
      "price_inr": 399999
    },
    {
      "item": "Extremely Rare 1000 Rupee K.R PURI PMG 64",
      "price_inr": 281250
    }
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "shop": "coinbazzar",
      "sales": 20013
    },
    {
      "shop": "collectorbazar",
      "sales": 8692
    },
    {
      "shop": "indianhobbyclub",
      "sales": 796
    },
    {
      "shop": "sikkaji",
      "sales": 739
    },
    {
      "shop": "kbcoins",
      "sales": 375
    },
    {
      "shop": "rncoins",
      "sales": 174
    },
    {
      "shop": "mudramuni",
      "sales": 49
    },
    {
      "shop": "indiancoinstore",
      "sales": 45
    },
    {
      "shop": "numisindia",
      "sales": 42
    },
    {
      "shop": "numispoint",
      "sales": 18
    },
    {
      "shop": "shop24ampm",
      "sales": 10
    }
  ]
}