Viraraya Fanam

The Viraraya Fanam circulated within Travancore's internal economy at a time when the kingdom maintained its own currency system largely independent of British colonial monetary standardization — an arrangement that persisted until the princely state's coinage was eventually absorbed following Indian independence. At 0.3 g, these were among the smallest silver coins struck anywhere in the subcontinent, and their diminutive flans made consistent striking a persistent technical problem throughout the series.