Under late Phanariotes such as Wallachia's Caradja, the rank of a lesser Paharnic was openly trafficked: Hagi Ianus, a merchant from Craiova, offered to purchase it at 400 ducats in 1816.S. Columbeanu, "Caracterul exploatării feudale a țărănimii în deceniile anterioare răscoalei lui Tudor Vladimirescu (1800—1820)", in Studii. Revistă de Istorie, Vol. XIV, Issue 3, 1961, p. 579 By the time of Soutzos' death in 1821 there were six greater Paharnici in Wallachia, all of them present at his funeral.Potra I, p. 93 According to a note by visiting bureaucrat Ignaty Yakovenko, the number of scutelnici had increased, with each of these Paharnici commanding the allegiance of 25 clients; the Păhărniceis Vătafi had three scultenici of their own.Traian Ionescu-Nișcov, "Un călător rus despre Principatele romîne de la 1820", in Revista Istorică, Vol. XXIII, Issues 4–6, April–June 1936, pp. 127–128
