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On 6 June 1966, India devalued the Gulf rupee against the Indian rupee. Following the devaluation, several of the states still using the Gulf rupee adopted their own currencies. Oman continued to use the Gulf rupee until 1970, with the government backing the currency at its old peg to the pound, when it adopted the Saidi rial.
Nepalese rupee [58] NPR Nepal: Rs [58] [59] Paisa [58] Turkish lira [60] TRY Northern Cyprus [60] Kuruş [60] [61] North Korean won [62] KPW North Korea ₩ [62] [63] Chon [62] Omani rial [64] OMR Oman: ر.ع [65] Baisa [64] Pakistani Rupee [66] PKR Pakistan: Rs [66] [67] Paisa [66] Israeli new shekel [34] ILS Palestine ₪ [34] [35] Agora [34 ...
As a result of the strain on India's foreign reserves, in 1959 the Indian government created the Gulf rupee, initially at par with the Indian rupee. It was introduced as a replacement for the Indian rupee for circulation exclusively outside the country. [2] Effectively, the common currency area now did not include India.
Present currency ISO 4217 code Country or dependency (administrating country) Currency symbol Algerian dinar: DZD Algeria دج (Arabic) or DA (Latin) Bahraini dinar [1]: BHD ...
On 7 May 1970, the Sultanate of Oman replaced the Gulf rupee with the Omani rial unit that was created at par with the pound sterling, so ending the existence of the Gulf rupee. Two years later, after the pound sterling was allowed to float on 23 June 1972, the Omani rial began to diverge from its sterling parity.
The Indian rupee was the official currency of Dubai and Qatar until 1959, when India created a new Gulf rupee (also known as the "external rupee") to hinder the smuggling of gold. [16] The Gulf rupee was legal tender until 1966, when India significantly devalued the Indian rupee and a new Qatar-Dubai riyal was established to provide economic ...
The Indian government introduced the Gulf rupee as a replacement for the Indian rupee for circulation outside the country with the Reserve Bank of India (Amendment) Act of 1 May 1959. [105] The creation of a separate currency was an attempt to reduce the strain on India's foreign reserves from gold smuggling.
In India, Nepal, and Pakistan, the paisa currently equals 1 ⁄ 100 of a rupee. In Bangladesh, the poysha equals 1 ⁄ 100 of a Bangladeshi taka. In Oman, the baisa equals 1 ⁄ 1000 of an Omani rial.