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  2. Hyperinflation - Wikipedia

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    In this case, the local money was mainly driven out by the US dollar and the South African rand. Enactment of price controls to prevent discounting the value of paper money relative to gold, silver, hard currency, or other commodities fail to force acceptance of a paper money that lacks intrinsic value. If the entity responsible for printing a ...

  3. List of countries by foreign-exchange reserves - Wikipedia

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    The exchange rate of the currencies as well the as gold price of the reported date is considered while calculating U.S.$ equivalents. Not all countries keep gold as reserves to avoid physical storage costs & the risks associated with it, hence there are no values in excluding gold column. Sorting the data in desirable column would provide rankings.

  4. South African rand - Wikipedia

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    The 1978 series began with denominations of 2, 5, 10, and 20 rand, with a 50 rand introduced in 1984. This series had only one language variant for each denomination of note. Afrikaans was the first language on the 2, 10, and 50 rand, while English was the first on the 5 and 20 rand. A coin replaced the 1 rand note.

  5. Gold reserve - Wikipedia

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    A gold reserve is the gold held by a national central bank, intended mainly as a guarantee to redeem promises to pay depositors, note holders (e.g. paper money ), or trading peers, during the eras of the gold standard, and also as a store of value, or to support the value of the national currency . The World Gold Council estimates that all the ...

  6. Hyperinflation in Zimbabwe - Wikipedia

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    Originally, the paper notes were in denominations of Z$2, 5, 10 and 20, and coins in denominations of 1, 5, 10, 20, 50 cents and Z$1. As larger bills were needed to pay for menial amounts, the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe planned to print and circulate denominations of up to Z$10, 20, 50, and 100 trillion.

  7. Economy of Dubai - Wikipedia

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    Despite a general slump in the global gold market, Dubai's share of value of trade in gold and diamonds to its total non-oil direct trade increased from 18% in 2003, to 24% in 2004. In 2003, the value of trade in gold in Dubai was approximately Dh. 21 billion ( US$ 5.8 billion), while trade in diamonds was approximately Dh. 25 billion ( US$ 7 ...

  8. Exchange rate history of the Indian rupee - Wikipedia

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    The rupee was worth one shilling and sixpence in sterling in 1947. The US dollar was worth ₹ 3 in 1947 not 1, and ₹ 82.62 in 2023 Notes. The data on exchange rate for Japanese Yen is in per 100 Yen. The end year rate for 1998–99 pertain to March 26, 1999 of Deutsche Mark rate. Data from 1971 to 1991–92 are based on official exchange rates.

  9. Indian rupee - Wikipedia

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    The Indian rupee (symbol: ₹; code: INR) is the official currency in India.The rupee is subdivided into 100 paise (Hindi plural; singular: paisa).The issuance of the currency is controlled by the Reserve Bank of India.