A type of metal coin or currency, particularly referring to silver coins or money used in India during British rule.
From Hindi 'kāshnī,' related to 'kāsh' meaning 'silver.' The word evolved as a colonial English term for Indian currency denominations.
Casheen is one of many forgotten English words for foreign money—as empires expanded, traders invented hundreds of terms for different coins, most vanishing when colonial rule ended and new currencies took over.
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