Pakistani Rupee in Kazakhstani Tenge

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.

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.