Evidence coverage: 1803–1803. This is the span of collected observations, not the currency’s lifetime.
This record includes associated currencies and earlier interpretations. The article selects the evidence relevant to its own history.
No distinct predecessor currency is established in the loaded view.
No distinct successor currency is established in the loaded view.
Evidence within this identity, not separate currencies.
Hunter, quoted by Thomas, reports that Orissa public accounts were kept in cowries in 1803. Admit a local account rather than treating shells solely as payment objects.
Sources and qualifications →The reported official rate of 5,120 cowries per rupee in 1804 differs from market exchange. Required silver tax payment does not alone prove wholesale account succession or an enduring hard peg. Hold ancestry and adopted-basis links.
Sources and qualifications →Dated evidence, not exact birth or extinction dates.
Hunter, quoted by Thomas, reports that Orissa public accounts were kept in cowries in 1803. Admit a local account rather than treating shells solely as payment objects.
C2047Dated observations, not a proven complete lifespan.
Hunter, quoted by Thomas, reports that Orissa public accounts were kept in cowries in 1803. Admit a local account rather than treating shells solely as payment objects.
p.341 n.4, quoting Hunter, Orissa (1872), I pp.316–317:1803 public accounts and1804 exchange
Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.
The reported official rate of 5,120 cowries per rupee in 1804 differs from market exchange. Required silver tax payment does not alone prove wholesale account succession or an enduring hard peg. Hold ancestry and adopted-basis links.
p.341 n.4, quoting Hunter, Orissa (1872), I pp.316–317:1803 public accounts and1804 exchange
Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.