Akbar (AH 963 to 1014, AD 1556 to 1605)

(from Todywalla):

One day it occurred to Emperor Akbar that everything in this world should have a Sanskrit name. He called a Sanskrit Brahmin and asked him for translations. He thus ordered that a jama or coat should be called as sarbagati; a shoe - charan dharan; a veil - chitragupita and so on and so forth. He also gave Sanskrit names to the coinages. Man (mun) and Dhan were especially chosen names. A half Mohur of the heavy type was called as Dhan and the quarter as Man. These words represent the body, mind and soul, in Hindu Indian tradition. The inventory of Akbar's coinage given in Ain-e –Akbari runs as follows:9. The Ilahi is round, weighs 12 Mashas, 1 3/4 surkhs, bears the same stamp as aftabi and has a value of 10 Rupees.10. The square Lal-i-jalali is of the same weight and value on one side Allahu Akbar and on the other Jale Jallaluhu.11. The Adlgutikah is round, weighs 11 mashas and has a value of nine Rupees. On one side, “Allahu Akbar and on the other Ya Muinu”.12. The Gird is round Muhur, in weight and value equal to the Adlgutikah but of a different stamp.13. Mihrabi is in weight, value and stamp the same as the round Muhur. 14. The Muini is both square and round, in weight and value it is equal to the Lal-i-Jalali, and the round muhur. It bears the stamp 'Ya Muinu'. 15. The Chahargho Shah, in stamp and weight is the same as the Aftabi. 16. The Gird id Half of Ilahi, and has same stamp. 17. The Dhan is Half of a Lal-i-Jalali. 18. The Salami is Half of the Adlgutikah. 19. The Rabi is quarter of the Aftabi. 20. The Man is a quarter of the Ilahi and Jalali. 21. The Half Salami is a quarter of the Adlgutikah. 22. The Panj is fifth part of the Ilahi. 23. The Pandau is the fifth part of Lal i-Jalali…24. The Sumni or Asth Siddh is one eighth of the Ilahi. 25. The Kala is sixteenth part of the Ilahi. It has on both sides a wild rose. 26. The Zarah is the thirty-second part of an Ilahi and has the same stamp as the Kala. It is beyond doubt that the coin offered here corresponds to number 20 on the list given in the Ain-e-Akbari. It weighs 3 grams which is the quarter of the heavy 12 gram mohur and not that of a 11 gram normal coin weight. Very few fractions such as the Dhan and Zarah coins have been known previously. And the Man offered here is seen for the very first time.

This is an account of a 16th century Moghul mint:

11. The Zarráb. He cuts off the gold, silver and copper ingots, as exactly as he can, round pieces of the size of coined money. His fees are, for 100 gold muhurs, 21 dáms, 1¼ jétals; for the weight of 1000 rupees 53 dáms, 8¾ jétals, if he cuts rupees; and 28 dáms in addition, if he cuts the same weight of silver into quarter rupees. For 1000 copper dáms his fee is 20 dáms; for the same weight of half and quarter dáms, 25 dáms; and for half quarter dáms, which are called dumrís, 69 dáms. In I´rán and Túrán they cannot cut these pieces without a proper anvil; but Hindustani workmen cut them without such an instrument, so exactly, that there is not the difference of a single hair, which is remarkable enough.