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- Coin put in huge bell fills it with rupees. (Cf. D1288.) D1452.5
- Father bequeathes four pots to sons: eldest finds earth in his; second, bones; third, rice husks; youngest, rupees (eldest to get land; second, cattle; third, grain; youngest to keep money). J99.2
- To sell some cloth for four rupees. Fool refuses to take six rupees for it. J2461.7
- Making money. "Rupees make more rupees." Stupid peasant sticks his sole rupee in hole and loses it. J2489.12
- Sham miracle: rupees turn to ashes. Cheat tells man rupees carried by horse in sack will turn to ashes if man's tired wife rides on its back. Man promises to pay him back if that should happen. Ashes fall from under saddle when woman does and cheat collects. K1975.2
- Four pots of rupees magically appear on horns of buffaloes stuck in pond, and poor owner becomes rich. N549.1
- One rupee given away for charity incidentally brings back ten rupees. Q44.3