Sicca (currency)

Government of Hyderabad, 100-rupee Sicca Osmania, 1920.

Siccas were also term used for the coins of the princely state of Hyderabad state. Paper money, when Hyderabad first issued it in 1918, was called the Osmania Sicca, even though it wasn't a coin. Anna: In use in the Republic of India and Pakistan until national currencies were decimalised in 1957 and 1961 respectively.

History

In matters of currency and coinage, the coins of the Nizams were issued in the name of the Mughal Emperor till 1858 when a coin legend was introduced with the name of the founder of the state, Asaf Jha. Thereafter, they were struck independently and the new coins were termed the 'Hali Sicca', i.e., the current coins.

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