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the Sayyad Sdlar's dargah is said to have considerably affected the exchange for some time after its occurrence in each year, owing to the large influx of cowries fair. at that time, the poorer class of pilgrims casting in their offerings in these mites.

The

fair at

The exchange affectedby the Sayyad Salar

The Government The GoTemment

3-

pie piece.

3-pie piece, though containing far less copper than the Gorakhpur coin, commands a higher price, fetchalways one ganda more than its unofficial, though j ° °.

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weightier, brother. of Gorakhpuri paisa in one rupee varied from 18 to 22 gandas, and at the present time it stands at 19^ gandas. The Government 3-pie piece (or " double" in the various copper ''o™^as it is called), however, exchanges invariably for its standard value of 16 gandas or 64 to the rupee, this rate of exchange' being determined solely by the fact that it is received at this value at the

The number

The value of 1 rupee

Government The

rupee

treasury.

The rupees which were most commonly current

pieces

current in the Na-wabi.

were as follows



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Company's rupees, weight 10| mashas. " Shamsher Shdhi" coined at Lucknow by Amjad Ali Shah, weight 2. 10 mashas, but worth more than No. 1 by one paisa. 1. "

Chihradar" or

3. " Sher Shahi" coined at Lucknow by Ghazi-ud-din Haidar,10 weight, worth the same as INo. 1.

m&has

4. " Paridar" or fairy coin, coined at_Lucknow by Wajid Ali Shah, 10 mdshas weight, worth one paisa more than No. 1. 5. " Putlidar" or puppet coin, coined at Lucknow by Muhammad Ali Shah, 10 mdshas weight, worth the same as No. 1. 6. " Machhlidar" or fish coin, coined at Lucknow, but in the name of the Delhi Emperor Shah Alam, 10 mashas weight, worth 1| pice or 2 pice more than No. 1.

7. " Gararidar" or edged coin, coined in Farukhabad in the name of Shah A'lam, 10 mashas 3J rattis in weight, same value as No. 1. which it was coined, 8. " Farukhabadi," named from the place at Muhammad Shah of Delhi, 10 mashas weight, same value as No. 1. 9. " Kaldar" or ribbed coin, coined by Shah A'lam at Farukhabad, 10

mashas 3^

rattis in weight.

by Akbar Shah at Delhi, weight 10 mdshas 2 worth 2 annas more than No. 1. This coin is square in shape. Its silver is peculiarly pure, and it is popularly said to have the excellent virtue of betraying the thief who should be unlucky enough to be put to the well-known rice test in its presence. 11. "Pahari" or hill coin, from the mint of one Bikram Sah, a hill chieftain, weight 5 md,shas, value 6J annas. 12. " Dakhain" or " Kurwa," also called " Rakabi," a thick but small coin, with Hindi characters, weight 9 mashas 6 rattis, value 12 annas. I have been unable to ascertain whose coin this is. 10. " Chdryari," coined

rattis,

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