Pakistani Rupee in North Korean won

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.

KPW North Korean won

Country of application:
North Korea

Coin denominations in circulation:
1, 5, 10, 50 chon, 1 won.

Denominations of banknotes in circulation:
100, 200, 500, 1000, 2000, 5000 won

History reference:
The North Korean Won is the official currency of the Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea. There are two versions of spelling and pronunciation: "won" - in the feminine, as prescribed by the Spelling... Dictionary of the Russian Language of the Russian Academy of Sciences, edited by V.V. Lopatin, and "won" in the masculine - as the Bank of Russia writes in its daily quotes of the currency bearing the same name as South Korea. This is due to the complexity of translation from Eastern languages. Throughout almost its entire history, the Korean Peninsula has been under the cultural, political and economic influence of a powerful neighbor - China. This influence was also reflected in the monetary system of Korea. Until the end of the 19th century, the main monetary unit was the Korean mun - a cast bronze coin with a square hole.