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Country |
Features
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Afghanistan |
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America |
The United States dollar, or American dollar,
is the official currency of the United States. Commonly used dollar sign
in U.S. is dollar sign ($). |
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Bahrain |
The Bahraini Dinar is the official
currency of Bahrain. The dinar was introduced in 1965. |
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Bangladesh |
The Taka is the official currency of
Bangladesh. Also, in neighboring India, speakers of Bengali and Assamese
use the term taka to refer to the Indian Rupee |
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Brazil |
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Bhutan |
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Burma |
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Brunei |
The Brunei dollar is pegged to the Singapore
dollar at a 1:1 trade ratio. It is also known as ringgit locally in Malay. |
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Cambodia |
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Ceylon |
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China |
The renminbi
is the official currency
in the mainland
of the People's
Republic of China It is issued by the People's
Bank of China, |
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Denmark |
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Egypt |
All Egyptian banknotes are bilingual, with Arabic texts and
Arabic-Indic numerals on one side, and English and European numbers on
the other. |
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Eritrea |
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Guyana |
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Hong Kong |
The Hong Kong dollar
is the currency
of the Hong
Kong |
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India |
The Indian Rupee is the official currency of
India. The issuance of the currency is controlled by the Reserve Bank of
India. The most commonly used symbol for the Rupee is Rs.
In most parts of India, the Rupee is known as the Rupee, Rupaye, Rubai,
or one of other terms derived from the Sanskrit rupya, meaning silver.
However, in the Bengali and Assamese languages, spoken in Assam, Tripura,
and West Bengal, the Rupee is known as a Taka, and is written as such on
Indian banknotes |
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Indonesia |
The name derives from the Indian monetary unit.
The rupiah was first
introduced during the World War II Japanese occupation. |
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Kenya |
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Laos |
Kip is the currency of Laos. By it is
abbreviated as LAK. One Kip is divided in 100 At. |
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Lebanon |
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Malaya |
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Malaya and British
Borneo |
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Malaysia |
First issue banknotes was released in June
1967 in $1, $5, $10, $50, and $100 denominations. The $1000 denomination
was issued in September 1968. The second issue was released with
Malaysian traditional ornamental designs from August 1982 to January
1984, in RM1, RM5, RM10, RM20, RM50, RM100, RM500, and RM1000
denominations. The RM1 banknotes was replaced with RM1 coins on 1
January 1993. The current third issue was released with Wawasan 2020
designs from February 1996 to 1999, in RM1, RM5, RM10, RM50 and RM100
denominations. There are no longer any RM500 and RM1000 denominations.
2004 new issued of RM10 note with additional security features and a new
polymer RM5 note. |
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Myanmar |
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Nepal |
The Nepalese Rupee is the currency used in
Nepal. |
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Oman |
The Omani rial
is the official currency
of Oman. It
is divided into 1000 baisa. |
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North, Korea |
The won is the currency of
North
Korea. It is subdivided into 100 chon. |
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Pakistan |
The Pakistani
rupee is the currency
of Pakistan. |
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Philippines |
The Philippine peso
is the official currency of the Philippines.
The word piso derives from the Spanish word peso. |
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Poland |
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Saudi Arabia |
The Saudi riyal is the
official currency of Saudi Arabia. |
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Singapore |
The dollar SGD
is the
currency
of Singapore.
It is abbreviated with the dollar
sign $ or S$. |
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South, Korea |
The won is the currency of
South
Korea. It is subdivided into 100 jeon. |
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Srilanka |
The rupee is the official
currency
of , divided into 100 cents. Rupee was introduced in 1870 before that British
pound was Ceylon's official currency. It is issued by the Central Bank of Sri Lanka. |
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Taiwan |
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Thailand |
Baht
is the official currency
of Thailand.
It is divided into 100 satang. The issuance of currency is the
responsibility of the Bank
of Thailand |
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Vietnam |
Dong is the
currency
of Vietnam.
It is issued by the State Bank of Vietnam. |
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Yugoslavia |
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