Remonstrantie 6.2.7

6.2.7

There are gold coins, but only of one series, named mohur. The double coin weighs a tola, or 12 mashas, and is equivalent to 14 rupees, the half-coin in proportion. The inscriptions are similar to those of the rupees, except those which have been coined by the Queen; her coins, both rupees and mohurs, bear the twelve signs of the Zodiac, one sign on each coin. Very little trade, however, is done with these gold coins, seeing that most of them must come from the King's treasures, and further the great men hoard them, and search for them for their khazana [treasuries]. Copper coins also are in use. They are called pice, and at present 58 or more go to the rupee. For still smaller sums for the use of the poor there are cowries, or white sea-shells, which pass at 80 to the pice.