Indian Pie

A pie was a unit of currency in India that is no longer in use. It was the smallest currency unit, equal to 1/3 paisa, 1/12 anna or 1/192 rupee. It was minted in the unique toroidal form of a circle with a hole. It was abolished in the decimalisation of Indian currency and also due to practically zero value due to inflation. It was used till the middle of the 20th century.

Currencies named rupee or similar
Circulating
  • Indian rupee
  • Indonesian rupiah
  • Maldivian rufiyaa
  • Mauritian rupee
  • Nepalese rupee
  • Pakistani rupee
  • Seychellois rupee
  • Sri Lankan rupee
Obsolete
  • Afghan rupee
  • Bhutanese rupee
  • Burmese rupee
  • Danish Indian rupee
  • East African rupee
  • French Indian rupee
  • German East African rupie
  • Gulf rupee
  • Hyderabad rupee
  • Italian Somaliland rupia
  • Javan rupee
  • Mombasan rupee
  • Netherlands Indian roepiah
  • Portuguese Indian rupia
  • Riau rupiah
  • Travancore rupee
  • West Irian rupiah
  • Zanzibari rupee
Conceptual
  • Petrorupee
Fictional
  • Hylian rupee
See also
  • History of the rupee
  • Bhutanese ngultrum, pegged to the Indian rupee
  • Bangladeshi taka (Bengali name for rupee)


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