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Taka
Derived from tankah, the term taka has always been used to refer to currency in the region of Bengal.
Złoty
Dating back to the late Middle Ages, the złoty has been the traditional Polish currency. The term is the masculine form of the Polish adjective, "golden."
Dong
Issued by the State Bank of Vietnam, the dong has been the currency of Vietnam since 3 May 1978.
Rial
Although the official currency of Iran is the rial, Iranians commonly use Toman. 1 toman is equivalent to 10 rials.
Krone
The name translating into English as "crown," the Norwegian krone was introduced in 1875. It replaced the Norwegian speciedaler or spesidaler.
Dollar
The U.S. dollar is the official currency of many other countries apart from the USA. As of 2018, it is the most traded currency in the world.
Euro
The official currency of 19 out of 28 member states of the European Union, the euro is the second most traded currency in the foreign exchange market.
Won
The won was repeatedly phased out from South Korea throughout its history. It was finally reinstated in 1945, after World War II.
Franc
The independent Djiboutian franc was introduced in 1949, and the country remained unaffected by further devaluations of the French franc.
Baht
According to SWIFT, baht is the 10th most frequently used world payment currency as of 2017. It is issued by the Bank of Thailand.
Rupiah
Controlled and issued by the Bank Indonesia, the rupiah was introduced in 1946. It is informally referred to as "perak."
Kwacha
Derived from the native word for "dawn," kwacha was introduced in 1966 to replace the existing Zambian currency system with decimalization.
Ruble
Currently the official currency of Russia, Transnistria, and Belarus, the ruble was earlier the currency of the Soviet Union and the Russian Empire.
Yen
After the U.S. dollar and the euro, the yen is the most widely used reserve currency in the world.
Rupee
Derived from the Sanskrit word for "a coin of silver," the rupee or rupiya was the first named silver coin introduced by Emperor Sher Shah Suri during his rule in India.
Pound Sterling
Commonly known as the pound, the pound sterling is the fourth most-traded currency in the foreign exchange market.
Som
Introduced in 1993, the som replaced the Soviet ruble. The ruble was called som, which means pure, in Kazakh, Kyrgyz, and Uzbek languages.
New Shekel
The new shekel replaced the old one on January 1, 1986. Also known as the Israeli shekel, the name originally came from the ancient biblical currency of the same name.
Rand
Introduced in February 1961, the rand replaced the South African pound as the official currency. It derives its name from Witwatersrand, where a lot of South African gold deposits were found.
Ringgit
Issued by Bank Negara Malaysia, the ringgit was originally called the Malaysian dollar. It derives its name from the Malay word for “jagged," which referred to the serrated edges of silver Spanish dollars.
Lek
Also known as the Albanian lek, the official Albanian currency was introduced in February 1926. It is named after Alexander the Great, whose name was quite often shortened to Leka in Albanian.
Peso
Cuba has two official currencies—peso and convertible peso. Salaries of employees of the Cuban state and state enterprises are paid in pesos, while imported goods and goods intended for foreign visitors are priced in convertible pesos.
Real
The Brazilian real, issued by the Central Bank of Brazil, was introduced in July 1994. It was the nineteenth most traded currency in the world as of April 2016.
Dinar
Introduced in 1960, the Kuwaiti dinar came to replace the Gulf rupee. In 1990, the Iraqi dinar replaced the Kuwaiti dinar after the Iraqi invasion, but the Kuwaiti dinar was restored after liberation.
Yuan
Derived from the Mandarin word meaning “round object” or “round coin”, the yuan was a silver round coin during the Qing dynasty.
Tenge
Introduced on 15 November 1993, the tenge replaced the Soviet ruble as the official currency of Kazakhstan. The day is celebrated as the “Day of National Currency of the Republic of Kazakhstan”.
Lev
Lev is derived from the archaic Bulgarian word for “lion”. The first lev was introduced in 1881.
Colon
The colon is named after Christopher Columbus, who was known as Cristóbal Colón in Spanish. It was introduced in 1896.
Koruna
The koruna has been the official currency of the Czech Republic since 1993. It is also called as the Czech krone or Czech crown in English.
Shilling
The Kenyan shilling was introduced in 1966 and replaced the East African shilling.
Boliviano
The first boliviano was introduced in Bolivia in 1864. It was replaced by the bolivian peso from 1963 to 1986, following which the boliviano was restored as the official currency.
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