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Notes on Indian Cwrrencies. 
[no. 1, NEW SERIES, 
porary authors, I will conclude with some account of our present 
coinage, and compare it with others that have been current within 
the last century in British India. 
From a revised Assay Table, lately published by the Bombay 
Government, of coins current in the territories under that Presi- 
dency, or imported there as bullion, it is shown what a marvellous 
variety of sorts each district exhibits. It should be remembered, 
these are all coins of quit* a modern stamp, with one or two ex- 
ceptions, probably none of them being much more than a 100 
years old. c 
The Table contains 27 varieties of gold coins current in, or im- 
ported from the Madras Presidency, Of these, the average 
is 80 per cent touch, that is 20 alloy to 80 gold, while the English 
sovereign is 91 '666 touch. 
Among them the Gharava Tharokee Pagoda formerly current in 
the Southern Mahratta country, gives the finest touch being 85.25. 
While the Sultana and Canteroy Fanams show most alloy, being 
only 58 and 59 touch respectively. 
The same Assay Table gives 22 varieties of Rupees from Guzerat 
with an average touch of 87. 
The highest being the Ahmedabad Hallee Rupee, 98.05. 
The lowest the Chittoree Rupee, 74.52. 
The fineness of the new Company's Rupe^urrent through Bri- 
tish India is 91.666. And the English shilling, 92.5. 
Twenty varieties are given of the Deccan coinage, with an aver- 
age touch of 88. 
The highest being the Berhanpoor Rupee, 94.75 ; coined by Scin- 
dia in Khandeish. 
The lowest, the Komptee Old Rupee, 63 ; struck at Pannallee by 
the Rajah of Kolapore. 
Eighteen varieties of the S. Mahratta coinage with an average 
touch of 86. 
The highest being the Phoolsheree Rupee, 95.60 ; a species of 
Ankoosee : coined at Phoolsher. 
The lowest the Nilkunkee Rupee, 54. 
