Fanoe (unit)

The fanoe , also referred to as the gold and silver coin with fanon, was a precious stone and gold and silver weight in the Dutch East Indies .

• 1 Fanoe = 7 4/5 As (Dutch) = 0.378 grams
• Calcutta 11 ½ fanoes = 1 miscal = about 4.67 grams

As a gemstone weight , it weighed 2 carats .

With Fano this Indian unit of mass (weight measure) was in the state of Goa called. The measure here was for rubies .

• 1 fano = 2 carats (venetian.)

literature

• Jurende's patriotic pilgrim: business and entertainment book for all provinces of the Austrian imperial state: consecrated to all friends of culture from the teaching, military and nutritional class, especially to all nature and fatherland friends. Volume 21, Winiker, Brünn 1834, p. 103

Individual evidence

1. ^ Johann Friedrich Krüger : Complete manual of the coins, measures and weights of all countries in the world. Verlag Gottfried Basse, Quedlinburg / Leipzig 1830, p. 89.
2. ^ Heinrich August Pierer : Universal-lexikon or complete encyclopedic dictionary, Volume 7, Verlagshandlung HA Pierer, Altenburg 1835, p. 327.
3. ^ Johann Georg Krünitz : Economic Encyclopedia, or general system of state, town, house and agriculture, in alphabetical order. Volume 12, Joseph Georg Traßler, Brünn 1788, p. 177.