Fanam (Coin)
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- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2011005603
- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/sh2011005603#concept
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Sources
- found: Work cat: Herrli, H. Gold fanams, 1336-2000, 2006:p. 1 (Gold fanams represented for about a thousand years one of the main denominations of the South Indian currency systems)
- found: Dictionary of numismatic names, 1947:p. 81 (Fanam: A name given to both gold and silver coins which are common in the southern part of India. In the coinage of early India the Fanam was a gold coin weighing somewhat over five grains and equal to the tenth part of the Pagoda)
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- 2011-12-02: new
- 2012-02-09: revised
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