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The basis of the monetary system which prevailed in Southern India up to 1818; in this system 80 cash = 1 fanam, 42 fanams = 1 star pagoda (about 7s…
A coin with a value equivalent to one-thousandth of the basic monetary unit. Cf. mill, n.6 In Hong Kong in the mid 19th cent.: one-thousandth of a…