India At A Glance – General Knowledge(Indian Currency)

India At A Glance – General Knowledge(Indian Currency). This information is very important for all major entrance and recruitment examinations. If you are preparing for Bank Probationary Officer (PO), B. Ed., SSC and any other graduation level exam, this forms the very basic of what you need to learn and practice.

India At A Glance – General Knowledge(Indian Currency)

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.
• 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 Mahatma Gandhi Series 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 started 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