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Indian Currency.... · The first coins were minted (made) around 2500 years ago. · Paper money was first used in China over 1000 years ago. · The first "rupee” was first introduced by Sher Shah Suri. It was based on a ratio of 40 copper pieces (paisa) per rupee. · Udaya K Dharmalingam is the designer of the Indian rupee Symbol, which was adopted by the Government of India in 2010.Indian Rupee · From 1953, Hindi was displayed prominently on the new notes. · The Government of India took over the issue of banknotes in 1861 from the Private and Presidency Banks. · The first series of coins with the Indian rupee symbol was launched on 8 July, 2011. · The first 1000Rs Note was introduced in 2000. · The first 20Rs and 5Rs note was introduced in 2001. · Decimalization started in 1957 and the rupee was divided into 100 Naye Paise. · Total 15 Languages (Apart from English) are printed in Indian Rupee Note. They are Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati, Kannada, Kashmiri, Konkani, Malayalam, Marathi, Nepali, Oriya, Panjabi, Sanskrit, Tamil, Telugu and Urdu. · In India, the first paper banknote was published by Bank of Hindustan in 1770. · The current Mahatma Gandhi series of banknotes stared from 1996 with new series of 10Rs notes. · Indian coins are produced in 4 cities: Delhi, Mumbai, Hyderabad, Kolkata. The coins produce from each city puts an identification mark under the year of issue. Coins produced in Delhi have a dot mark, Mumbai have diamond mark, Hyderabad have star mark and coin produce from Kolkata have nothing beneath the year. · Credit cards were first used in the United States in the 1920’s. Currency by Countries: Country Currency ISO Code Afghanistan Afghan Afghani AFN Argentina Argentine Peso ARS Australia Australian Dollar AUD Austria Euro EUR Bangladesh Bangladeshi Taka BDT Belgium Euro EUR Bhutan Bhutanese Ngultrum BTN Brazil Brazilian Real BRL Bulgaria Bulgarian Lev BGN Burma Burmese Kyat MMK Cambodia Cambodian Riel KHR Canada Canadian Dollar CAD Chile Chilean Peso CLP China Chinese Yuan CNY Czech Republic Czech Koruna CZK Denmark Danish Krone DKK France Euro EUR Germany Euro EUR Greece Euro EUR Hong Kong Hong Kong Dollar HKD India Indian Rupee INR Indonesia Indonesian Rupiah IDR Iran Iranian Rial IRR Iraq Iraqi Dinar IQD Italy Euro EUR Japan Japanese Yen JPY Malaysia Malaysian Ringgit MYR Mexico Mexican Peso MXN Russia Russian Ruble RUB Saudi Arabia Saudi Riyal SAR South Africa South African Rand ZAR Switzerland Swiss Franc CHF United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates Dirham AED United Kingdom British Pound GBP United States United States Dollar USD
Posted on: Wed, 07 Aug 2013 16:22:48 +0000

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