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==Notation== | ==Notation== | ||
The first number is the number of rupees, the second is the number of annas (1/16), the third is the number of | The first number is the number of rupees, the second is the number of annas (1/16), the third is the number of paisas (1/64), and the fourth is the number of pies (1/192). Examples are below. | ||
* | *{{INR}}1-15-3-2 = {{INR}}1.9947 | ||
* | *{{INR}}1-8-3 = {{INR}}1.546 | ||
* | *{{INR}}1-4 = {{INR}}1.25 | ||
==Coins== | ==Coins== | ||
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File:Reverse of the copper One Twelfth Anna.jpg|One Twelfth Anna (1/12 Anna) coin of 1903 | |||
File:Obverse of the 1906 One Quarter Anna of India portraying the bust of Edward VII.jpg|Obverse of the 1906 quarter anna, with the bust of [[Edward VII]] | File:Obverse of the 1906 One Quarter Anna of India portraying the bust of Edward VII.jpg|Obverse of the 1906 quarter anna, with the bust of [[Edward VII]] | ||
File:2 Indian anna (1919).jpg|2 Indian | File:2 Indian anna (1919).jpg|2 Indian annas (1919). | ||
File:Ana Naya Paisa Conversion Table.jpg|Annas - Paisa Conversion Table. | File:Ana Naya Paisa Conversion Table.jpg|Annas - Paisa Conversion Table. | ||
Image: East India Company - Quarter Anna 1835.JPG|An 1835 quarter anna. | Image: East India Company - Quarter Anna 1835.JPG|An 1835 quarter anna. | ||
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==See also== | ==See also== | ||
{{Portal|Money}} | {{Portal|Money|Numismatics}} | ||
*[[Indian coinage]] | *[[Indian coinage]] | ||
*[[British Indian coins]] | *[[British Indian coins]] | ||
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An anna (or ānna) was a currency unit formerly used in British India, equal to 1⁄16 of a rupee.[1] It was subdivided into four (old) Paisa or twelve pies (thus there were 192 pies in a rupee). When the rupee was decimalised and subdivided into 100 (new) paise, one anna was therefore equivalent to 6.25 paise. The anna was demonetised as a currency unit when India decimalised its currency in 1957, followed by Pakistan in 1961. It was replaced by the 5-paise coin, which was itself discontinued in 1994 and demonetised in 2011. The term anna is frequently used to express a fraction of 1⁄16.
There was a coin of one anna, and also half-anna coins of copper and two-anna pieces of silver.[2] With the rupee having been valued to 1s 6d[3] and weighing 180 grains as a 916.66 fine silver coin,[4] the anna was equivalent to 9/8 d. Hence the 2 anna silver coins were of low weight (22.5 grains = 1.46 g).
Anna-denominated postage stamps were issued during the British Raj by the government of British India as well as by several princely states, and after independence until decimalisation of the currency by India and Pakistan.
Notation
The first number is the number of rupees, the second is the number of annas (1/16), the third is the number of paisas (1/64), and the fourth is the number of pies (1/192). Examples are below.
- ₹1-15-3-2 = ₹1.9947
- ₹1-8-3 = ₹1.546
- ₹1-4 = ₹1.25
Coins
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One Twelfth Anna (1/12 Anna) coin of 1903 -
Obverse of the 1906 quarter anna, with the bust of Edward VII -
2 Indian annas (1919). -
Annas - Paisa Conversion Table. -
An 1835 quarter anna.
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Stamps
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Half anna stamp of British India -
One anna stamp of Alwar -
Two anna stamp of independent India -
One anna and one and a half anna stamps of independent Pakistan
See also
References
- ↑ "Republic India Coinage".Accessed 14 July 2011.
- ↑ "British India Coinage - Coins of Queen Victoria". Reserve Bank of India.
- ↑ Schedule of Par Values, Currencies of Metropolitan Areas, The Statesman's Year Book 1947, pg xxiii, Macmillan & Co
- ↑ "British India Coinage". Reserve Bank of India.