Chandragupta Maurya and His Times c9.127

c9.127

Superintendent of Mint (*Lakshaṇādhyaksha Taṅkaśālādhyaksha*). He is to manufacture the following classes of coins: (1) *Rūpyārūpa* (silver coins) made up of 11 parts of silver, 4 parts of copper, and one part of any of the metals, iron, tin, lead or antimony (2) *Tāmrarūpa* (copper coins) 'made up of 4 parts of silver, 11 parts of copper, and 1 part of *Tīkshṇa* (iron or any other metal).' Each of these classes of coins was made in four denominations, e.g., 1, ½, ¼ and ⅛ *paṇa* for silver and 1, ½, ¼ and ⅛ *māsha* for copper, the last two of the copper coins being also named *kākaṇī* and *ardhakākaṇī*.