10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «XERAFIN»
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1
Hobson-Jobson: The Anglo-Indian Dictionary
Later in the century, however, we learn from Balbi (1580), Barrett * (1584), and
Linschoten (1583-89), the principal currency of Goa consisted of a silver coin
called xerafin (see XEEA- FINE) and pardao-xerafin, which was worth 5 tangas,
each ...
Henry Yule, Arthur Coke Burnell, 1996
2
Gold Coins of the World: From Ancient Times to the Present. ...
1459. 1 Xerafin (0.68 gm) 1678-79 D. PEDRO II, 1683-1706 Crowned Arms /Rv.
Numerals of date in angles of cross. 1460. 1 Xerafin (0.68 gm) 1705 Crowned
Arms / Rv. St. Thomas standing to left. 1461. 1 São Tomé (2.9 gm; 5 Xerafins) ND
D.
Arthur L. Friedberg, Ira S. Friedberg, 2009
3
A Compleat Body of Arithmetic, in Four Books ...: Wherein ...
6 Goa, Their Common Accompt is by their Ordinary Silver Coine a Pardauue-
Xerafin, hiving the Image of St. Scbastion at the one fide, and 3 or 4 Arrows
bound together at the other, which is worth 3 Testons, or 300 Res of Portugal, but
varieth ...
To understand thoroughly the value of the actual coins of India, one must first
understand the money of account. In India they count, in a complex form, in
xerafins, tangas, and reis. The division of the money of account is as follows:
Xerafin = 5 ...
United States. Congress, 1886
5
The Suma oriental of Tome Pires, books 1-5
In their language the whole of this province taken thus together is. 1 According to
Nuncs (Lyvro dos Pesos da Ymdia, p. 32), in 1554, the Xera- fin of Aden was
worth 360 reis, that of Ormuz 300 reis. Each xerafin was worth five silver tangas.
Tome Pires, Francisco Rodrigues, 1990
The pardao xerafin mentioned by de Homberg was the Portuguese coin the
origin of which could be traced to the sixteenth century coinage of Honnuz. The
Hormuz scale stood at : 10 hali or sadi (silver) = 1 azar (gold) 2 azar ~ \ xerafin (
gold) 1 ...
7
Portuguese Enterprise in the East: Survival in the Years ...
There were different taxes for different goods; for example, a half xerafin was
levied on every 1000 coconuts, and one xerafin on every khandi of copra
shipped out of Goa. A 2.5 per cent transfer tax was charged on the buying and
selling of ...
8
Advanced Study in the History of Modern India 1707-1813
... four per cent of the government revenues to the Marathas as annual tribute,
besides on-the- spot payment of war indemnity to the tune of 16 lakhs of xerafin,
in the Portuguese currency, a xerafin roughly being equivalent to an Indian rupee
.
9
For Pepper and Christ: A Novel
He reminded the Admiral that he owed the King six hundred ashrafis as customs
duties. The Fartaqali calls an ashrafi a 'xerafin'. One of their many convicts on the
ship whom they referred to as 'degradados', took great trouble to inform me ...
10
The Arabic Contributions to the English Language: An ...
The 50 items, including 9 undated ones, began with mancus (c.1000), followed
by maravedi (c.1430), 8 16th-century words (xerafin 1582), and 9 17th-century
ones (sultanin 1612). Coins like the Turkish zermahbub have not been issued for
...
Garland Hampton Cannon, Alan S. Kaye, 1994
NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «XERAFIN»
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Moedas de ouro dos Suevos e Visigodos brilham em leilão
Já da monarquia portuguesa, uma das raridades presentes no leilão é um São Tomé de 12 Xerafins 1805, em ouro, um exemplar único do reinado de D. Maria ... «Económico, Oct 11»
