section_path: Reign/Administrative reforms/Coins
section_name: Coins
paragraph_text: Coins
  
  Aurangzeb felt that verses from the Quran should not be stamped on coins, as done in former times, because they were constantly touched by the hands and feet of people. His coins had the name of the mint city and the year of issue on one face, and, the following couplet on other:
  
  King Aurangzib 'Ālamgir Stamped coins, in the world, like the bright full moon.
  
  Aurangzeb felt that verses from the Quran should not be stamped on coins, as done in former times, because they were constantly touched by the hands and feet of people. His coins had the name of the mint city and the year of issue on one face, and, the following couplet on other:
  
  King Aurangzib 'Ālamgir Stamped coins, in the world, like the bright full moon.