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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Quant.Geek, post: 3233542, member: 74799&quot;]In Tamil, பணம் is pronounced as &quot;panam&quot; which means money.&nbsp; Tamil doesn&#039;t have an English equivalent of <b>F</b>, so ப doubles up as either a p sound or an f sound (note that ப is also used for the letter <b>B</b>!).&nbsp; Hence, பணம் was also used to indicate &quot;fanam&quot;.&nbsp; In modern Tamil, you can use ஃ to soften ப to represent the letter <b>F</b>.&nbsp; So, ஃபணம் பணம் is literally &quot;fanam panam&quot; or &quot;fanam money&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p>Been going through my older collection this weekend photographing things I haven&#039;t seen in 5 years or so.&nbsp; Among them is a collection of fanams.&nbsp; Here is one that you normally don&#039;t see, a Western Gangas fanam.&nbsp; For comparison of size, I also took a picture of a multiple dirham.&nbsp; The interesting thing about this fanam, is that it has a test cut on this tiny little coin!&nbsp; Can&#039;t imagine how someone would have cut this without injuring themselves, its that tiny.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ll try to add some more of the fanams to this thread as I get the attributions done.&nbsp; In the meantime, go ahead and add your ஃபணம் பணம்!</p><p><br /></p><p><b> Western Gangas: Anonymous (ca. 1000-1327) AV Fanam (MNI 703; MSI 195-96) </b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p>Obv: Caparisoned elephant standing right</p><p>Rev: Ornamental floral scroll</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/36484/normal_MSI-195.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/36484/Fanam_vs_Multiple_Dirham.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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