CURRENCY SCRAP BOOK

PREPARED BY :
NURAINAA BATRISYAA BINTI MOHAMAD KASSIM

CLASS :
4 D’ARECA

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 RUBLE IS ONE OF THE OLDEST NATIONAL
CURRENCY IN THE WORLD,AFTER
BRITISH POUND.IT IS BEING USED IN THE
13TH CENTURY.

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 IN BENGALI, THE WORD TAKA IS
ALSO USED TO MEAN ANY MONEY,
CURRENCY, OR NOTES.

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 THE EURO IS A HIGHLY VALUED CURRENCY
THAT IS ONE OF THE MOST TRADED, AS
MENTIONED IN THE INTRODUCTION, IN THE
ENTIRE WORLD.

 THE EURO, YOU MAY NOT HAVE KNOWN, WAS
AT FIRST A DIGITAL CURRENCY USED IN
ELECTRONIC PAYMENTS.

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 THE CENTRAL BANK OF CANADA WAS FOUNDED
IN 1934.

 THE CURRENCIES OF 1 CANADIAN DOLLAR ARE
NICKNAMED LOONIES, FROM THE NAME OF THE
AQUATIC BIRD APPEARING ON THE REVERSE

 THE CANADIAN DOLLAR IS ONE OF THE WORLD'S
HIGHEST-VALUE CURRENCIES.

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 THE WORD "WON" IS A COGNATE TERM DERIVED
FROM THE CHINESE YUAN AND THE JAPANESE
YEN, COINS THAT HAVE IN COMMON THE SAME
CHINESE SYMBOL, ONE THAT DENOTES THE
ROUND PROPERTY OF AN OBJECT (IN THIS CASE,
THE COINS).

 THE TERM "JEON" MEANS "MONEY

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 THE TERM RIYAL IS SAID TO BE DERIVED FROM THE SPANISH
WORD 'REAL.'

 THE RIYAL HAS BEEN IN EXISTENCE EVEN BEFORE THE
FORMATION OF THE COUNTRY. ITS ORIGINS DATE BACK TO THE
EARLY 20TH CENTURY – WIDELY USED IN THE WESTERN PART
OF THE COUNTRY.

 THE SAUDI ARABIAN MONETARY AUTHORITY (SAMA) WHICH
MONITORS AND PRINTS THE SAUDI RIYAL IS THE SECOND
OLDEST CENTRAL BANK IN THE ENTIRE ARAB WORLD.

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 IT IS THE OLDEST SURVIVING INDEPENDENT CURRENCY.
 AROUND 980 A.D. ONE POUND COULD BUY 15 HEADS OF CATTLE.
 THE POUND ISN'T ONLY USED IN THE UNITED KINGDOM. AS WELL

AS BEING USED IN THE INDEPENDENT ISLANDS OF JERSEY,
GUERNSEY AND THE ISLE OF MAN SURROUNDING THE BRITISH
ISLES, THE CURRENCY IS USED AS FAR AWAY AS THE
ANTARCTIC, GIBRALTAR, THE FALKLAND ISLANDS, AND A FEW
ISLANDS IN THE MID AND SOUTH ATLANTIC.

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 THE CURRENCY IS ISSUED BY THE PEOPLE'S BANK OF
CHINA, THE MONETARY AUTHORITY OF CHINA. ITS
NAME MEANS "PEOPLE'S CURRENCY" (SIMPLIFIED

CHINESE: 人民币; TRADITIONAL CHINESE: 人民幣; PINYIN:
RÉNMÍNBÌ).
 A SPECIAL EDITION DESIGNED FOR INNER MONGOLIA IN
THE FIRST SERIES OF THE RENMINBI.

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 THE RUPEE IS KNOWN BY DIFFERENT NAMES DEPENDING ON
THE AREA OF THE COUNTRY: WE CAN HEAR PEOPLE CALLING IT
UPAYA, ROOPAYI, RUBAI OR ROPA.

 THE PLURAL OF PAISA (A DIVISION OF THE RUPEE) IS CALLED
PAISE.

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 AUSTRALIA'S COINS FEATURE THE ONLY TWO
MAMMALS IN THE WORLD TO LAY EGGS. THE 20 CENT
COIN FEATURES THE PLATYPUS, WHILE THE 5 CENT
COIN THE ECHIDNA

 AUSTRALIA INVENTED 'PLASTIC' MONEY, REPLACING
ITS PAPER NOTES WITH POLYMER NOTES IN 1988 TO
COMBAT COUNTERFEITING

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 U.S. PAPER MONEY IS NOT MADE OUT OF PAPER! IT IS 75
PERCENT COTTON AND 25 PERCENT LINEN. THAT IS WHY A
REALLY OLD DOLLAR BILL WILL FEEL DIFFERENT IN YOUR
HANDS THAN A REALLY OLD PIECE OF PAPER.

 THE FIRST $10 DOLLAR FEDERAL RESERVE NOTE WAS
ISSUED IN 1914. IT HAD A PORTRAIT OF ANDREW JACKSON.

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