Note 185 — THE STORY OF THE THREE SHARPERS.[17] (continued 3)
Richard Francis Burton translation · Edition 2
For the Ashrafi, a gold coin of variable value, see vol. iii. 294. It is still coined; the Calcutta Ashrafi worth £1 11s. 8d. is 1/16th (about 5s. to the oz.) better than the English standard, and the Regulations of May, 1793, made it weigh 190·894 grs. Troy.