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Popular belief suggests that the name of the currency comes from the Mekong river fish riĕl ("small fish" in Khmer). It is more likely that it derives from the high-silver content Spanish-American dollar, whose value is eight reales, a coin widely used for international trade in Asia and the Americas from the 16th to 19th centuries. [2]
In 1975, the 5-dollar notes were replaced by a coin, whilst 1,000-dollar notes were introduced in 1977. The Mercantile Bank was absorbed by HSBC in 1978 and ceased issuing notes. In 1985, 20-dollar notes were introduced, whilst, in 1993, a 10-dollar coin was introduced and the banks stopped issuing 10-dollar notes.
The Indian rupee (symbol: ₹; code: INR) is the official currency in India.The rupee is subdivided into 100 paise (Hindi plural; singular: paisa).The issuance of the currency is controlled by the Reserve Bank of India.
The next series was Series 1918, which contained large-size notes in denominations of $500 bill with John Marshall, the $1,000 bill with Alexander Hamilton, the $5,000 bill with James Madison, and the $10,000 bill with Salmon Chase. One dollar bills featuring George Washington (which were all Silver Certificates) came in Series 1923, as did red ...
A third redenomination, producing the "fourth Zimbabwe dollar", occurred in February 2009, and dropped 12 more zeros from the currency. It was thus worth 10 trillion trillion original dollars, as the three redenominations together reduced the value of an original dollar by 10 3 × 10 10 × 10 12 = 10 25.
The Liberty Dollar "base value" was created by Bernard von NotHaus. As of 2009, the base value of the Liberty Dollar was $20 Liberty Dollars to one ounce of silver. [13] At the time the Liberty Dollar operation was closed, one ounce Liberty Dollar gold pieces were denominated $1,000 with a maximum charge of 10% over spot price with membership.
It measured about 16 by 9 centimetres (6.3 by 3.5 in) and weighed around 1.5 to 1.6 kilograms (3.3 to 3.5 lb), being made out of a highly leaded tin bronze. Although similar metal currency bars had been produced in Italy and northern Etruscan areas, these had been made of aes grave, an unrefined metal with a high iron content. [5]
1848–1970, circulated from 1971 to 1993 with a value of ten decimal pence. Not to be confused with the gold medieval florin. [coins 2] Half crown: 2/6: £0.125: 1526–1969. Sometimes known as "half a dollar" (see Crown below). Half florin or leopard: 3/-£0.15: 1344 Gold; extremely rare. [coins 2] Half noble 3/4 to 4/2: £0.1667 to £0.2083 ...