COINAGE OP TEAVANCORK. 
63 
British rupee, the chuckram weighs nearly 6 gr. 
Size "25. (See engraving above, from Mateer's 
Travancore and its People, p. 110.) 
The chakra (Sans, discus or wheel) is the emblem or 
weapon of Vishnu, whose form as Patmanabhan is the 
national deity of Travancore. This is a very early and 
characteristic coin of this State and was, at times, current 
even in Tinnevelly. 
"In the British rupee 165 gr. are pure silver and 15 gr, 
alloy==91| per cent. fine. The chuckram is 94'53125 tine 
per cent, or nearly 3 per cent, better than the rupee, so 
that the established rate of exchange (282=1 Rupee j is 
nearly 4 per cent, less than a fair equivalent. " 
There must have been many issues of the chuckram, but 
I have seen only one device, which seems quite typical of 
the State. This however occurs in two or three slightly 
differing forms. 
10. Chinna Panam, half chuckram. 
Same design as the double chuckram. 
AR. Weight 3. Size -23. 
Issued in 1810 and now out of use, They are too small 
for convenient handling. 
COPPER COINS. 
1. Eight Kdsu or Cash. 
Obv. Conch shell with Mai. ara (half) chuckram 
within circle of dots. 
Rev. Solomon^s seal enclosing star of eight dots and 
12 dots in the angles, and within circle of dots. 
M. Weight 39, Size 6. Plate III., fig 1, 
From Dr, E. J. Waring's collection. Old coinage and 
inferior workmanship. 
2, (Current) Eight Kdsu, half chuckram. 
