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  2. Tola (unit) - Wikipedia

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    The tola ( Hindi: तोला / Urdu: تولا, romanized : tolā; also transliterated as tolah or tole) is a traditional Ancient Indian and South Asian unit of mass, now standardised as 180 grains ( 11.6638038 grams) or exactly 3⁄8 troy ounce. It was the base unit of mass in the British Indian system of weights and measures introduced in ...

  3. Indian units of measurement - Wikipedia

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    1 Kancha = 5 Siki. 1 Chhataank = 4 Kancha. 1 Chhataank = 5 Bhari. 1 Adh-pav = 2 Chhatank = 1/8 Seer. 1 Pav = 2 Adh-pav = ¼ Seer (Pav means ¼) The unit pav is still used to this date however, it has been modified to "a fourth of a kilogram". 1 Adher = 2 Pav = ½ Seer. In Hindi ½ Seer = Adha (½) Seer, or Adher.

  4. Ratti - Wikipedia

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    Ratti ( Sanskrit: raktika) is a traditional Indian unit of measurement for mass. Based on the nominal weight of a Gunja seed ( Abrus precatorius ), it measured approximately 1.8 or 1.75 grains [ 1][ 2] or 0.1215 g as standardized weight. [ 3] It is still used by jewellers in the Indian Subcontinent.

  5. Coins of British India - Wikipedia

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    Indian rupee coin (1862) Obverse: Crowned bust surrounded by inscription Victoria Queen. Reverse: Face value, country and date surrounded by wreath. Coin minted in 1862 and made of 91.7% silver. Royal title changed to Victoria Empress in 1877 (1884 coin shown here) Coinage under British governance of the Indian subcontinent can be divided into ...

  6. Troy weight - Wikipedia

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    Troy ounce is a traditional unit of gold weight. One-troy-ounce (480 gr; 31 g) samples of germanium, iron, aluminium, rhenium and osmium. A Good Delivery silver bar weighing 1,000 troy ounces (83 troy pounds; 31 kg) Troy weight is a system of units of mass that originated in 15th-century Kingdom of England [ 1] and is primarily used in the ...

  7. Coinage of Nepal - Wikipedia

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    Silver punch mark coin of the Maurya empire, with symbols of wheel and elephant. 3rd century BCE. In the Maurya Empire, punch marks were widely used in the southern region of Nepal and also imported from hills and the Kathmandu valley. Mauryan coins were punch-marked with the royal standard to ascertain their authenticity.

  8. Slovenian tolar - Wikipedia

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    14 January 2007. 1 € =. 239.640 tolars. Band. 15%. This infobox shows the latest status before this currency was rendered obsolete. The tolar was the currency of Slovenia from 8 October 1991 until the introduction of the euro on 1 January 2007. It was subdivided into 100 stotinov (cents). The ISO 4217 currency code for the Slovenian tolar was ...

  9. Samoan tālā - Wikipedia

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    The coin depicted the state emblem on the reverse. Although $1 tālā pieces had been introduced in earlier years, this coin's bulky size and weight along with the favoured use of the equivalent banknote never saw to popular and widespread use. In 2000, a commemorative 2 Sene coin was released commemorating the 21st century with an FAO theme.