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[[Image:French1rupee.jpg|250px|right|French 1 Rupee, 1938]]

The '''roupie''' or '''rupee''' was the currency of [[French India]]. It was equal to the [[Indian 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 1891, banknotes were issued by the [[Banque de l'Indochine]], which circulated alongside coins issued by [[British India]].

==Table of 1843 exchange rates==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! [[Pagoda (coin)|Pagodes]]|| [[Rupee|Roupies]]|| Fanons<br>(Panam)|| [[Cash|Caches]]<br>(Kāsu)|| [[Francs]]
|-
| 1 || 3.5 || 28 || 560 ||8.40
|-
|  || 1|| 8 || 160 || 2.40
|-
| ||  || 1 || 20|| 0.30
|-
|  || |||| 1 || 0.015
|-
|}

==See also==
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* [[Puducherry (union territory)|Puducherry]]
* [[French India]]
* [[Madras fanam]]

==References==
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*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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[[Category:Modern obsolete currencies]]
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[[Category:Historical currencies of India]]


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