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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;spiraltreet, post: 250765, member: 3476&quot;]there is an interesting thing... the Princely state of Travancore never issued a Rupee coin.. infact, they had the authority to issue coins upto the denomination of 1/2 Rupee only..</p><p>64 cash&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; =&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 1 chuckram</p><p>4 chuckrams&nbsp;&nbsp; =&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 1 fanam</p><p>7 fanams&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; =&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 1 Rupee</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; that means 28 chuckrams were equal to 1 Rupee ( ofcourse, you&#039;d only get two half Rupee coins only). Interestingly, 1 Rupee of British India which was in circulation with the Travancore coins was equal to 28 and ahalf chuckrams which gave it a slight advantage over the Travancore Rupee.. It was an obvious plot to make the British coins more popular among the public.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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