Anna (monetary subunit)
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An anna was a currency unit formerly used in British India, equal to 1/16 of a rupee. It was subdivided into four pices or twelve pies. When the rupee was decimalised and subdivided into 100 paise, on
One Twelfth Anna (1/12 Anna) coin of 1903
Obverse of the 1906 quarter anna, with the bust of Edward VII
2 Indian annas (1919).
Annas - Paisa Conversion Table.
Indian paisa
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The Indian paisa is a 1⁄100 subdivision of the Indian rupee. The paisa was first introduced on 1 April 1957 after decimalisation of the Indian rupee.
Anna (monetary subunit)
…It was subdivided into four pices or twelve pies (thus there were 192 pies in a rupee). When the rupee was decimalised and subdivided into 100 (new) paise, one anna was therefore equivalent to 6+1/4 paise. The anna was demonetised as a currency unit when India decimalised its currency in 1957, followed…
a one paisa coin
1 Naya paisa