Important Fact about India Currency, Currency across World:
* 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.
Important Currency & Countries:
Country
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Currency Name
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Afghanistan
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Afghan Afghani
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Argentina
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Argentine Peso
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Australia
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Australian Dollar
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Austria
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Euro
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Bangladesh
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Bangladeshi Taka
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Belgium
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Euro
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Bhutan
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Bhutanese Ngultrum
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Brazil
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Brazilian Real
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Bulgaria
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Bulgarian Lev
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Burma
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Burmese Kyat
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Cambodia
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Cambodian Riel
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Canada
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Canadian Dollar
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Chile
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Chilean Peso
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China
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Chinese Yuan
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Czech Republic
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Czech Koruna
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Denmark
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Danish Krone
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France
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Euro
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Germany
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Euro
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Greece
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Euro
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Hong Kong
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Hong Kong Dollar
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India
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Indian Rupee
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Indonesia
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Indonesian Rupiah
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Iran
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Iranian Rial
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Iraq
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Iraqi Dinar
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Italy
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Euro
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Japan
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Japanese Yen
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Malaysia
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Malaysian Ringgit
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Mexico
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Mexican Peso
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Russia
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Russian Ruble
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Saudi Arabia
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Saudi Riyal
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South Africa
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South African Rand
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Switzerland
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Swiss Franc
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United Arab Emirates
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United Arab Emirates Dirham
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United Kingdom
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British Pound
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United States
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United States Dollar
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