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Reserve Bank of India Monetary Museum (Mughal); etymology (Wiktionary et al.).

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  1. Sher Shah Suri (1540–45) struck the 178-grain silver rupiya, the 169-grain gold mohur, and the copper dam.
  2. Mughal coinage design reached maturity during the time of Akbar.
  3. "Rupee" is from the Sanskrit "rūpya" (wrought silver) (Wiktionary, Wikipedia).
  4. "Dinar" goes back to the Latin "denarius," and "dirham" to the Greek "drachma" (Wiktionary; Wikipedia, citing the first edition of the OED).

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