Currency Exchange Rate in 1799: India

Currency Exchange Rate in 1799: Malabar India

Goa, Visapour, etc.

Note: This table shows the exchange rate in English Pound Sterling.

Coin	Equivalent	£	Shillings	Pence
Re	-	0	0	17/400
Bazaraco	2 Rez	0	0	17/200
Pecka	2 Bazaracos	0	0	17/100
Vintin	20 Rez	0	0	1 17/20
Laree	4 Vintins	0	0	6 3/4
Xeraphim	2 Larees	0	1	4 1/5
Tangu	42 Vintins	0	4	6
Paru	4 Tangus	0	18	0
Gold Rupee	8 Tangus	1	15	0

Notes:

1. Imaginary money use in accounting, signifying a fictitious piece which did not exist, but was used to represent other pieces.

Source:

Guthrie, William. A New Geographical, Historical, and Commercial Grammar and Present State of the several Kingdoms of the World. Montrose, 1799. P. 1043

Placed on the Napoleon Series: July 2004

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