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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Aidan Work, post: 182821, member: 1824&quot;]Biju,have you ever seen the famous Tulabharam issue coins of 1/4,1/2,&amp; 1 Pagoda,&amp; a 2 Pagodas?</p><p><br /></p><p>There&#039;s a note in Krause that says this;</p><p><br /></p><p><b>These presentation coins were struck prior to the weighing in ceremony of the Maharajah.The balance of his weight in these gold coins were distributed amongst the learned Brahmins and are referred to as &#039;Tulabhara Kasu&#039;.The legend reads &#039;Sri Patmanabha&#039;,the national deity.</b></p><p><br /></p><p>Krause actually describes the inscriptions on these coins as being in Tamil.These are listed at the end of the Travancore chapter,just before the coins of Tripura.</p><p><br /></p><p>Aidan.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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