- French Indian rupee
The roupie or rupee was the currency of
French India . It was equal to theIndian rupee issued by the British and then Indian governments. Until 1871 it was issued as coins with the roupie divided into 8 "fanons", each of 3 "doudous" or 20 "cash". From 1871, banknotes were issued by France's "Bank ofIndochina " which circulated alongside coins issued byBritish India .Table of Exchange Rates,
1843 ee also
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Pondicherry
*French India
*Madras fanam References
*Annuaire statistique des établissements français dans l'Inde By Pierre-Constant Sicé, 1843.
External links
* [http://www.rbi.org.in/scripts/pm_indofrench.aspx French Indian rupee at the currency museum of the Reserve Bank of India ]
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