World Currency Questions and Answers

Answer: C

It is the Vietnamese dong.

The dong takes its name from the copper coins of the old currency. It is among the least valuable units in the world, so prices run into millions and a 500,000-dong note is the largest in circulation.

Answer: A

It is the Iranian rial.

Prices in Iran are generally quoted in tomans, a unit of ten rials that has no legal existence but is universally used in shops. Parliament approved a change of the official unit to the toman in 2020.

Answer: A

It is the Malagasy ariary.

The ariary replaced the Malagasy franc in 2005 and is one of only two circulating currencies in the world not based on tenths - it divides into five iraimbilanja, from an older weight system.

Answer: C

It is the Mexican peso.

The Spanish silver peso struck in Mexico was the first true global currency, circulating from China to North America, and the dollar sign itself derives from its mark. The modern peso was redenominated in 1993 at a thousand to one.

Answer: C

It is the Maldives.

The rufiyaa shares its root with the rupee, from the Sanskrit rupya. It is divided into 100 laari, and is pegged within a band against the US dollar.

Answer: A

It is the Omani rial.

The Omani rial is among the highest-valued currencies in the world, worth about 2.6 US dollars, to which it is pegged. It is divided into 1,000 baisa.

Answer: B

It is the Maldivian rufiyaa.

The rufiyaa shares its root with the rupee, from the Sanskrit rupya. It is divided into 100 laari, and the country's earlier currency was the cowrie shell, exported from the Maldives across the Indian Ocean.

Answer: A

It is the euro.

Finland adopted the euro in 1999, the only Nordic country to do so, replacing the markka. Finland rounds cash payments to the nearest five cents and has never issued one- and two-cent coins for general circulation.

Answer: C

Since 2005.

The hand motif appears on the commemorative and circulation coins issued from that year, part of the redesign that also brought in new metal compositions for the smaller denominations.

Answer: C

It is the euro.

San Marino uses the euro under agreement with the European Union, though it is not a member, and issues its own euro coins in small numbers. It used the Italian lira before 2002.