Editing Muhammad bin Tughluq (section)

== Token currency ==
[[File: Muhammad Tughlak orders his brass coins to pass for silver, A.D. 1330.jpg|thumb|left|Muhammad Tughlak orders his brass coins to pass for silver, 1330 CE]]
[[File: Forced token currency coin of Muhammad bin Tughlak.jpg|thumb|Forced token currency coin]]
[[File:Islamic Sultanates. Dehli. Ghiyath al-Din Muhammad bin Tughluq. 1325-1351 CE.jpg|thumb|Gold coin of Ibn Tughluq in {{circa|1325–1351}}]]
Historian [[Ishwari Prasad]] writes that different coins of different shapes and sizes were produced by his mints which lacked the artistic perfection of design and finish. In 1330, after his failed expedition to [[Deogiri]], he issued token currency; that is [[coins]] of [[brass]] and [[copper]] were minted whose value was equal to that of [[gold]] and [[silver]] coins. Historian [[Ziauddin Barani]] felt that this step was taken by Tughluq as he wanted to annex all the inhabited areas of the world for which a treasury was required to pay the army. Barani had also written that the sultan's treasury had been exhausted by his action of giving rewards and gifts in gold. In the rural areas, officials like the ''[[muqaddam]]s'' paid the revenue in brass and copper coins and also used the same coins to purchase arms and horses.{{sfn|Chandra|2004|page=104}} As a result, the value of coins decreased, and, in the words of [[Satish Chandra]], the coins became "''as worthless as stones''". This also disrupted trade and commerce. The token currency had inscriptions in Persian and Arabic marking the use of new coins instead of the royal seal and so the citizens could not distinguish between the official and the forged coins. Records show that the use of token currency had stopped by 1333 as [[Ibn Battuta]] who came to [[Delhi]] in 1334, wrote a journal which made no mention of this currency.{{sfn|Chandra|2004|page=105}}