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thank you guptaji and rohitji for your input,
also there is something as taka. is it same as anna?
and in orissa they say taka as tonka .
thanx,
--rc
On Feb 16, 2008 11:58 AM, Rohit Mansukhlal <measureqs@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 2/16/08, Rudra ठाकुर <rudrac@gmail.com> 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".
> >
> > thanx,
> > --rc
> > =========================================================
>
> Without being exact about the year, I guess pai was the first to be
> phased out,
> sometime in late 50s. I vividly remeber the pai coin, a copper circular
> disc with
> a circular cutout in the centre. One anna coin was in nickel like finish,
> a circular
> one with corrugations on the perimeter. Six pais made one anna and
> sixteen
> annas made one rupee. After a while coins one anna and two annas too were
> withdrawn from circulation. However the old coin of 4 annas and 8 annas
> remained
> legal tender for many years, I guess well into early seventies and were
> valued at
> par with new 25 paise and 50 paise coinage put into the market. The old
> money
> was then called Juna paisa and the new denominations in metric system
> came
> to be known as Naya paisa, which is current until todate. It is for this
> reason that
> people have today forgotten the usage of words like pai, one anna, two
> anna etc.
> from their day to day dealings but chaar anna & aath anna have very much
> stayed.
>
> Rohit Zaveri
>
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