Botswana Pula in Pakistani Rupee

BWP Botswana Pula

Country of application:
Botswana, Zimbabwe

Coin denominations in circulation:
5, 10, 25, 50 Feb, 1, 2, 5 pools.

Denominations of banknotes in circulation:
10, 20, 50, 100 and 200 pools

History reference:
The pula is the currency of Botswana. Translated from the Tswana language, its name means "let it rain", and the greeting and motto of the state also sounds. After gaining independence from Great Bri...tain in 1966, Botswana was a member of monetary unions: first in the sterling zone, and since 1972 in the rand zone, but the country did not have its own currency. On September 6, 1974, it was announced the imminent withdrawal of the state from the monetary union with South Africa and the beginning of the development of a national currency. It was introduced on August 23, 1976, replacing the rand, the exchange was carried out at a ratio of 1:1.

PKR Pakistani Rupee

Country of application:
Pakistan

Coin denominations in circulation:
1, 2, 5, 10 rupees.

Denominations of banknotes in circulation:
10, 20, 50, 100, 500, 1000 rupees.

History reference:
The Pakistani rupee is the national currency and money of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. Appeared in 1948 instead of the Indian rupee during the partition of British India. The very name of the ru...pee (translated as "forged silver") refers to Ancient India 5-4 centuries BC. In the 80s and 90s of the twentieth century, the Pakistani rupee was subject to significant inflation. Already by 2001, the exchange rate of the local currency against the US dollar was 63 to 1. Although, for example, in 1982 this ratio was at the level of 12.7 rupees per US dollar. For ten years from 1980 to 1990, the monetary unit of Pakistan lost its value by about 7% per year, and already in the first half of the 90s, the inflation rate almost doubled - 11% per year.