Tongan Paanga in Cambodian Riel

TOP Tongan Paanga

Country of application:
Tonga

Coin denominations in circulation:
5, 10, 20, 50 senichi and 1 paanga.

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

History reference:
The Tongan paanga or Tongan dollar or Tongan dollar has been the national currency and money of the Kingdom of Tonga since 1967. Initially pegged to the Australian dollar, it has since 1991 been pegg...ed to a basket of currencies: the Australian and New Zealand dollars, the US dollar and the Japanese yen. Paanga was introduced on April 3, 1967. He replaced the pound at the rate of 1 pound = 2 paang. Until 11 February 1991, the paanga was pegged to the Australian dollar at par. Since then, a basket of currencies has been taken (see above) and the paanga has steadily declined. As in 2006, it takes about 1.60 T$ to get 1 Australian dollar. Official exchange rates are published daily by the National Reserve Bank, established on July 1, 1989, but towards the end of the day rather than early in the morning.

KHR Cambodian Riel

Country of application:
Cambodia

Coin denominations in circulation:
50, 100, 200, 500 riels.

Denominations of banknotes in circulation:
100, 500, 1000, 2000, 5000, 10000, 20,000, 50,000 riels.

History reference:
Riel is the national currency of Cambodia. Before the introduction of the riel, the Indo-Chinese piastre was the monetary unit in Cambodia, to which the countrys new money was equated. The Pol Pot re...gime was preparing to introduce its own banknotes, they were printed, but they did not have time to enter circulation. In the days of the Khmer Rouge (Kampuchea), rice was the de facto currency in the country. Money and the banking system (April 1975) as a whole were abolished. The origin of the term riel is debated, with some arguing that it comes from the Khmer word for small fish. Others say it comes from the high-silver Mexican real used by Malay, Chinese and Indian traders in the mid-19th century. This version of the riel remained in effect until 1975, when the Khmer Rouge took over the country and the money was abolished. After the 1979 invasion of Vietnam that drove out the Khmer Rouge, the second and current version of the riel was introduced in 1980 when the Central Bank was restored. With no money to replace new banknotes and the economy in decline, the government first had to distribute the money to the public.