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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;John Anthony, post: 2220246, member: 42773&quot;]The term <i>fanam</i> does not occur until the 18th-century. The names of the denominations in Vijayanagar were Gadyana, Varaha, Pagoda, Pratapa, Haga, and Bele. The Bele was the smallest, coming in at 0.75 grains. Here&#039;s mine...</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]434995[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s hard to imagine these things as coins, yet they were standardized bits of metal struck with a design (as crude as it is), and they were used as legal tender in commerce, so we have no choice but to call them coins.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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