For change they make use of the small sea shells called cowries, " 80 of which make a poni and 60 or 65 ponis, according as there " are few or many cowries in the country, make a rupee. They " come from the Maldive islands. The money changers sit upon... Madras Journal of Literature and Science - Side 311853Uten tilgangsbegrensning - Om denne boken
| Johan Splinter Stavorinus - 1798 - 598 sider
...three per cebt below the ftandard, or Jrcca rupee. 2*. font, J poni ; and fixty, or fixty-five ^<j;/«, according as there are few or many cowries in the...country, make a rupee *. They come from the Maldive iQatids. The moneychangers fit upon all the bazars with quantities of them, to furnim the lower orders... | |
| Madras literary society - 1856 - 724 sider
...better suited to the wants of the people and to answer the purpose of a subsidiary coinage. Slavorinus in his voyage to the East Indies (vol. I. p. 401)...with change, for the purpose of necessaries." Again, *n- P 9] talking of the Surat currency the am- Author • in the same way u cowries are made use of... | |
| 1857 - 348 sider
...consisted of a cheaper money. One can understand that much more use would be found for tokens of copper and such media, as better suited to the wants of the...with change, for the purpose of necessaries." Again, ; ."• 32 Notes on Indian Currencies. [NO. 1, NEW SERIES, (vol. III. p. 9) talking of the Surat currency... | |
| Albert Romer Frey - 1917 - 338 sider
...of the small sea-shells called cowries, eighty of which make a poni, and sixty or sixty-five poriis, according as there are few or many cowries in the country, make a Rupee." See Poon. Ponti. A Sicilian money of account. By a regulation of 1823 the Tari were computed at any... | |
| Edgar Thurston - 1992 - 178 sider
...make use of the small sea-shells called cowries,2 eighty of which make a poni, and sixty or sixty-five ponis, according as there are few or many cowries...make a rupee. They come from the Maldive Islands. The money-changers sit upon all the bazars with quantities of them to furnish the lower orders with change... | |
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