The first decimal issue of coins in India, in 1957, consisted of
Answer: B
It was 1, 2, 5, 10, 25 and 50 naye paise together with the one rupee.
The 1957 series ran from the one naya paisa in bronze to the fifty and the rupee in nickel, all marked naye paise to distinguish them from the annas still in circulation.
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What is the national currency of Macau(China)?
Answer: C
It is the Macanese pataca.
The pataca has been issued since 1894 and survived Macau's return to China in 1999 under the one country, two systems arrangement. It is pegged to the Hong Kong dollar, which itself circulates widely there.
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What is the national currency of Fiji?
Answer: C
It is the Fijian dollar.
Fiji replaced its pound with the dollar in 1969. It removed the British monarch's portrait from its notes in 2013, putting native plants and animals in her place, and returned to a portrait only on the coin.
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What is the national currency of Australia?
Answer: A
It is the Australian dollar.
It replaced the Australian pound in 1966 at two dollars to the pound. Australia was the first country to issue polymer banknotes, in 1988, and the first to convert its whole series to plastic.
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What is the national currency of Tajikistan?
Answer: D
It is the Tajikistani somoni.
The somoni, introduced in 2000, is named after Ismail Samani, founder of the Samanid dynasty, whom the state adopted as its national figure after independence.
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What is the national currency of Syria?
Answer: B
It is the Syrian pound.
The pound replaced the Egyptian pound in 1919 under the French mandate and is called the lira in Arabic. It lost the greater part of its value during the civil war.
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What is the national currency of Saudi Arabia?
Answer: B
It is the Saudi riyal.
The riyal has been pegged to the US dollar at 3.75 since 1986, which is why Saudi domestic prices move with the dollar rather than with the oil price. It is divided into 100 halalas.
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What is the national currency of Malaysia?
Answer: C
It is the Malaysian ringgit.
Ringgit means jagged in Malay, describing the milled edges of the Spanish silver dollars that circulated in the region. The currency was called the Malaysian dollar in English until 1975.
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What is the national currency of Germany?
Answer: D
It is the euro.
Germany adopted the euro in 1999 and withdrew the Deutsche Mark from circulation in 2002. Mark notes and coins can still be exchanged at the Bundesbank without time limit, and billions of marks remain unredeemed.
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Which is the currency of Belgium ?
Answer: A
It is the euro.
Belgium was among the first eleven countries to adopt the euro in 1999, replacing the Belgian franc. Brussels is the seat of the European Commission and Council.
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