Travancore fanam

The fanam was a type of money that was issued by the Kingdom of Travancore, now mostly encompassing the modern day state of Kerala in India. The fanams (also spelt fanoms) and chuckrams (or chakrams) were known to be some of the smallest coins in the world. Historically, the fanam and chuckram coins were the regular unit of currency in medieval Travancore and appear to have been extensively used for trading in the region. The words fanam and panam mean "money" in certain Dravidian languages like Malayalam which was the most spoken language in the kingdom.

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