Thanks Ashley!! Carol ________________________________ From: Ashley Raye <ashleyraye@bigpond.com> To: india-british-raj@rootsweb.com Sent: Tuesday, 11 September 2012, 10:17 Subject: Re: [INDIA-BRITISH-RAJ] A use for holed annas                                                                                       Carol, Its Naia Paisa , Cheers. Ash. On 11/09/2012, at 5:36 PM, Carol&PT wrote: > That's lovely - a little bit like the traditional Dorset buttons we use to > get over in UK. > > I have a couple of hundred nayah pice coins (spelling, somebody?) which we > used to 'bet' with when playing mah-jong!! > > Carol T. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ainslie" <woodart@woodart.com.au> > To: <india-british-raj@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2012 7:09 AM > Subject: Re: [INDIA-BRITISH-RAJ] A use for holed annas > > >> Hi folks, >> >> Folks who like making unusual craft items may be interested in this >> interesting item with its links to old Indian currency. >> >> >> http://www.knittingdaily.com/blogs/traditions_today/archive/2012/09/04/a-holed-anna.aspx?a=kr120908 >> >> I'm taking it along to our church craft group tomorrow morning as an >> idea for purses to sell at our next fete. >> >> I noted a reader on the knitters' list said that hardware stores sell >> metal washers which could be used if the coins are no longer available! >> >> Cheers >> Ainslie. >> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> INDIA-BRITISH-RAJ-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without >> the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to INDIA-BRITISH-RAJ-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to INDIA-BRITISH-RAJ-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

These old coins are no longer in currency. Neither the nayah paisas. The minimum legal tender these days is 50 paise, even that is on its way out.