[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Dark Ages](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages) › [State papers](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin) › [Āʾīn-i Akbarī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari) › [The Ain i Akbari (Blochmann, Jarrett)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett) › 15.4 # The Institutes of Akbar 15.4 The Áín i Akbari (Blochmann, Jarrett) 15.4 - **Language:** English ### [15.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.15.4) 13. The Sikkachi. He places the round pieces of metal between two dies; and by the strength of the hammerer (putkchi) both sides are stamped. His fees are for 100 gold muhurs, 12 dams; for 1000 rupees, 5 dams, 9 1/2 jetals; and for the weight of 1000 rupees of small silver pieces, 1 dam, 3 jetals in addition; for 1000 copper dams, 3 dams; for 2000 half dams, and 4000 quarter dams, 3 dams, 18 1/2 jetals; and for 8000 half-quarter dams, 10 1/2 dams. Out of these fees the sikkachi has to give one-sixth to the hammerer, for whom there is no separate allowance. 14. The Sabbak makes the refined silver into round plates. For every 1000 rupees weight, he receives 5 1/2 dams. The discovery of alloy in silver. Silver may be alloyed with lead, tin and copper. In Iran and Turan, they also call the highest degree of fineness of silver dahdahi; in Hindustan, the sairafis use for it the term bist biswah. According to the quantity of the alloy, it descends in degree; but it is not made less than five, and no one would care for silver baser than ten degrees. Practical men can discover from the colour of the compound, which of the alloys is prevailing, whilst by filing and boring it, the quality of the inside is ascertained. They also try it by beating it when hot, and then throwing it into water, when blackness denotes lead, redness copper, a white greyish colour tin, and whiteness a large proportion of silver. - [Previous: 15.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.15.3) - [Next: 16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.16) - [Up: 15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.15) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.15.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.15.4) · Pramāṇa