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COINAGE OF TRAVANCORE . 
Rev. Half rupee 1889 within wreath and legend in 
Eng-. Rama Vurma Travancore. 
Edges roughly milled. 
AR. Weight 84. Size -96. Plate II, fig. 1. 
The Travancore nominal rupee of 28^ chuckrams being 
of less value than the British Indian coin,* which is exten- 
sively used, none have yet been struck, but this step is in 
contemplation. Half and quarter rupees were minted in 
1889, about 14,000 of the former and 27,000 of the latter. 
2. Quarter Rupee of same period. 
Obv. As No. 1 but Mai. Kal (J) rupii. 
Rev. i Rupee 1889. 
AR. Weight 41. Size '8. 
3. Parvathi Half Rupee, Pattern. 
Ohv. Hind. 1236 (A.D. 1818-9) Nim rQpiya zarb 
Parwati a,bove, and Tarn. Parvathi ara (half) 
rQpay belort^, and Tarn. 910 ? Dotted margin. 
Rev. Hind, as on obv. above, and Tarn. Parvathi ara 
(half) rQpa below. 
AR. Weight 25. Size '82. Plate II, fig. 2. 
4. Parvathi Quarter Rupee, Pattern. 
Obv. Conch shell within legend, Tam. Parvathi Kal 
(quarter) rupa. 
Rev. Hind, above AH. 1236 (1818'9) pao (i) rupiya 
Zarab Parvati and Tam. Parvathi rupay ? 
AR. Weight 29. Size -68. Plate II, fig. 3. 
5. Vein Panam, silver fanam. 
Obv. Same device as obverse of chuckram within 
wreath and dotted border. 
Rev. Same as chuckram but with Mai. fanani 1. 
year 1036. 
AR. Weight 23. Size -5. Plate II, fig. 4. 
* Note. — 30i chuckrams weigh = l British ludian rupee, ISO grains, of 
which 165 is pure silver and lograius aUoy. An English tioriu weighs 
grains l74'5-t5 of which '925 per cent, or 1(31"45 grains is pure silver. 
