Travancore rupee

The Travancore rupee was the currency of the State of Travancore. Unlike the Indian rupee issued by the British, the rupee of Travancore was subdivided into 7 panam, each of 4 chakram, each of 16 cash. The Travancore currency was issued until 1949 before being replaced by the Indian rupee.

As of 1901, silver coins were issued in the denominations or 2 chakrams, 4 chakrams, 7 chakram (1/4 rupee), 14 chakram (1/2 rupee). Copper coins were struck in the denominations of 1 cash, 4 cash, 8 cash, and 1 chakram (=16 cash). The exchange rate with the British Indian rupee was set at 1 British Indian rupee = 28 chakram, 8 cash; equivalently, 1 Tranvancore rupee = 15 annas, 8.63 pies of a British Indian rupee.^[1]

References

↑ Imperial Gazetteer of India, Provincial Series, Madras II: The Southern and West Coast Districts, Native States, and French Possessions. 1908. p. 419.

Currencies named rupee or similar

Circulating	Indian rupee (रुपया) Indonesian rupiah Maldivian rufiyaa (ދިވެހި ރުފިޔ) Mauritian rupee (roupie) Nepalese rupee (रूपैयाँ) Pakistani rupee (روپي) Seychellois rupee (roupi, roupie) Sri Lankan rupee (රුපියල්)

Obsolete	Afghan rupee Bhutanese rupee Burmese rupee Japanese occupation rupee Danish Indian rupee East African rupee French Indian rupee (roupie) German East African rupie Gulf rupee (روپيه‎) Hyderabadi rupee (रुपया, రూపాయి) Italian Somaliland rupia Javan rupee Mombasan rupee Netherlands Indian roepiah Portuguese Indian rupia Riau rupiah Tibetan tangka Travancore rupee West Irian rupiah Zanzibari rupee (روپيه‎)

Conceptual	Petrorupee

Fictional	Hylian rupee (ルピー)

See also	History of the rupee Bhutanese ngultrum (དངུལ་ཀྲམ), pegged to the Indian rupee Nepalese mohar

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