Punko

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Punko , also Pönko and in the spelling Punkho, was a gold and silver weight in Bengal with Calcutta .

The dimensional chain was

  • 1 Sicca = 10 Massas = 80 Ruttees = 320 Dhans = 1280 Punko = 11.642 grams

literature

  • Eduard Döring: Handbook of coin, exchange, measure and weight. Verlag J. Hölscher, Koblenz 1854, p. 240.
  • Christian Noback , Friedrich Eduard Noback : Complete paperback of the coin, measure and weight ratios, the government papers, the exchange and banking system and the customs of all countries and trading places. FA Brockhaus, Leipzig 1849, p. 390.