Burmese Kyat in Costa Rican Colon

MMK Burmese Kyat

Country of application:
Myanmar

Coin denominations in circulation:
1, 5, 10, 50, 100 Burmese Kyat.

Denominations of banknotes in circulation:
50, 100, 200, 500, 1000, 5000, 10,000 Burmese Kyat.

History reference:
The Myanmar Kyat has been the national currency and money of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar since 1989. Replaced the Burmese rupee. Kyat has been known since the middle of the 19th century as a... Tikal payment system for several countries - Burma, Siam, Laos, Cambodia. Myanmar is located in mainland Southeast Asia. In 1989, the ruling military government changed the countrys name to Myanmar, from Burma. However, the description of the adjective is still Burmese, not Myanmar. The first Burmese money were coins - kyat and pya, issued in the second half of the 19th century. These coins were in circulation until April 1, 1892. A year later, Burma falls under the dependence of British India, and the Indian rupee is introduced into the country, which later becomes the Burmese rupee.

CRC Costa Rican Colon

Country of application:
Costa Rica

Coin denominations in circulation:
10, 25, 50, 100 and 500 columns.

Denominations of banknotes in circulation:
1,000, 2,000, 5,000, 10,000, 20,000, 50,000 colones.

History reference:
The currency, named after Christopher Columbus or, in the Spanish manner, Cristobal Colon, came out with a content of 0.7002 grams of pure gold in October 1896. The colon replaced the Costa Rican pes...o and was parity with the US dollar at 2.15:1. The Costa Rican colón was adopted as the national currency in 1896, about 70 years after Costa Rica and its Central American neighbors declared independence from Spain. Colón replaced the Costa Rican peso with a one-to-one exchange rate. The former currency of the peso, a legacy of the colonial era, was divided into eight Spanish reais.