← Read the currency articleTravancore Sirkar rupee: research record
Evidence coverage: 1861–1950. 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.
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Travancore Sirkar rupee
CUR-V26-TRAVANCORE-SIRKAR · Research draft
Local Travancore government-account rupee with fanam/cash subdivisions, distinct from circulating Britishrupee; fullrupee coin unnecessary.
One scoped currency identity. Changes to subdivisions, scale, standard, instruments or issuers do not by themselves create children. A distinct account unit can remain a successor.
Dated observations: 1861–1950; this does not establish the entire lifetime.
Parents / predecessors
No distinct predecessor currency is established in the loaded view.
Children / successors
No distinct successor currency is established in the loaded view.
Latest research
Historical account researchSirkar accounts were kept in rupees, fanams and cash; Travancore fanam was then nominal. Grouping the earlier and later local account observations is qualified.
Sources and qualifications → Historical account researchSirkarrupee described as monetary unit with quarter/seventh subdivisions despite never having been minted as a fullrupee. Grouping the earlier and later local account observations is qualified.
Sources and qualifications → Historical account researchTravancore coins ceased legal tender inApril1950. The inspected source does not establish the account-unit conversion or its exact rate.
Sources and qualifications → Account-unit observations
Dated evidence, not exact birth or extinction dates.
1861qualifiedSirkar accounts were kept in rupees, fanams and cash; Travancore fanam was then nominal. Grouping the earlier and later local account observations is qualified.
C1390 1933qualifiedSirkarrupee described as monetary unit with quarter/seventh subdivisions despite never having been minted as a fullrupee. Grouping the earlier and later local account observations is qualified.
C1391 1950supportedTravancore coins ceased legal tender inApril1950. The inspected source does not establish the account-unit conversion or its exact rate.
C1515
Evidence & research notes 3 claims
Dated observations, not a proven complete lifespan. Link1861to1933within one regional profile is qualified pending1913proclamation review.1913reported establishment cannot mean firstexistence, since1861accounts predateit. No separate fanam node merely from denomination. Termination and INRreplacement require further evidence.
Inference C1390
Sirkar accounts were kept in rupees, fanams and cash; Travancore fanam was then nominal. Grouping the earlier and later local account observations is qualified.
Charles Allen Lawson · Charles Allen Lawson, British and Native Cochin, secondedition 1861 Citation S698 ·
Open source ↗printed146–147
Source access and limitations
Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.
OCR fractions not used.
Inference C1391
Sirkarrupee described as monetary unit with quarter/seventh subdivisions despite never having been minted as a fullrupee. Grouping the earlier and later local account observations is qualified.
United States Department of Commerce · Monetary Use of Silver in 1933 Citation S541 ·
Open source ↗printed119
Source access and limitations
Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.
Supported C1515
Travancore coins ceased legal tender inApril1950. The inspected source does not establish the account-unit conversion or its exact rate.
A. Sreedhara Menon · A Survey of Kerala History Citation S847 ·
Open source ↗Coins subsection final paragraph
Source access and limitations
Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.
Full coin subsection inspected in book transcription.