US Dollar in Kazakhstani Tenge

USD US Dollar

Country of application:
US, American Samoa, British Indian Ocean Territory, British Virgin Islands, Virgin Islands (US), Timor Leste, Haiti, Guam, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Palau, Panama, Puerto Rico, Northern Mariana Islands, Turks and Caicos Islands, Ecuador

Coin denominations in circulation:
$ 1, 50, 25, 10, 5 and 1 cent.

Denominations of banknotes in circulation:
100, 50, 20, 10, 5, 2, 1 dollar.

History reference:
The US dollar is the countrys official currency and one of the worlds reserve currencies. The name "dollar" is secondary to the name of the European silver coin. Its appearance falls on the period an...d 1775 to 1783 (during the American Revolutionary War). Initially, dollars were only in the form of coins

KZT Kazakhstani Tenge

Country of application:
Kazakhstan

Coin denominations in circulation:
50, 20, 10 and 5 tiyn.

Denominations of banknotes in circulation:
10 thousand, 5 thousand, 2 thousand, 1 thousand, 500 and 200 tenge.

History reference:
Kazakhstani (Kazakh) tenge is the national currency of Kazakhstan. The history of the Kazakhstani tenge begins on November 15, 1993, when the currency was put into circulation. Prior to this, residen...ts used different currency means. The last currency used is the Soviet ruble, which was in the country when Kazakhstan was part of the USSR. According to archaeologists, the first money that appeared on the territory of Kazakhstan is of Chinese origin. And this is not surprising, since the country was located on the Great Silk Road connecting Europe and Asia. Since the 6th century, coins of Turkic rulers have appeared in circulation. And from the 8th century, the steppe nomads of the region were invaded by the Arabs and settlements began to be carried out in silver dirhems. The first mints appeared in such ancient cities as Baraba, Ispidzhab, Taraz. The raw material for minting was the local silver mines located in the upper reaches of the Talas and Akhangaran rivers.