Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.12827
Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.12827
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1677.—"We do, by these Presents . . . give and grant unto the said Governor and Company . . . full and free Liberty, Power, and Authority . . . to stamp and coin . . . Monies, to be called and known by the Name or Names of Rupees, Pices, and Budgrooks, or by such other Name or Names . . . "—Letters Patent of Charles II. in Charters of the E.I. Co., p. 111.