Currency Exchange Rate in 1799: India

Currency Exchange Rate in 1799: Bengal India

Callicut, Calcutta, etc.

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

Coin	Equivalent	£	Shillings	Pence
Pice	-	0	0	1/10
Fanam	4 Pices	0	0	2/5
Viz	6 Pices	0	0	3/5
Ana	12 Pices	0	0	1 1/5
Fiano	10 Anas	0	1	6 1/5
Rupee	16 Anas	0	2	6
French Ecu	2 Rupees	0	5	0
English Crown	2 Rupees	0	5	0
Pagoda	56 Anas	0	8	9

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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