Re: [nukkad] from annas and pies to paisa and rupee

[aryaholmes <>]

About 1911 when George Panchma, George V, as he was called, came to 
throne. With him came the devalued one anna, the sign of the times, 
there being anna coins of more venerable stature such as the 2 anna one, 
which was largely silver. The 1 anna carried, alas, copper and fickle 
nickel, and tended to buy less and less as the years progressed more and 
more to the times when the country would, in the first breath of 
freedom, be fractured into two. With that the anna also lost face and 
carried the oddest obverse and reverse impression, on both sides of the 
Indus, possibly from the same die etched with the newer chisel of fervor.

In time the open ended paisa faded into the gloom of the dust of ill 
decades, and was replaced by the mangled, unpronounceable 'paise'.

The anna? In time, they could not afford even the cheap nickel, and 
began to coat recycled cardboard :-)  with some waste plastic, and 
called it the anna, which everyone knew it was not.

At one time 4 anna coins could have bought a brunch of sorts with free 
tea accompanying, and a seat at a marble topped table under a roof.

In its last breath, if you gave it to a beggar person, it was likely to 
be thrown at you, with disdain to accompany.

Best
-- 

Arya-Holmes
Acufree.Com Inc
http://www.acu-free.com




Rudra wrote:
> Hello all,
>      can anyone shed some light on when we changed from "annas and
> pies" to "paisa and rupees".
>      and what was unit of currency before "anna and pies".
>   

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