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  2. Pakistani rupee - Wikipedia

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    US dollar-Pakistani rupee exchange rate. Between 1948 and July 1955, the Pakistani rupee was effectively pegged to the U.S. dollar at approximately Rs.3/31 per U.S. dollar. Afterwards, this was changed to approximately Rs.4/76 per U.S. dollar, a devaluation of 30%, to match the Indian rupee's value. [29]

  3. Paisa - Wikipedia

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    The word is also a generalised idiom for money and wealth. 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.

  4. Bangladeshi taka - Wikipedia

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    The Pakistani rupee also bore the word taka on official notes and coins. Bangla was one of the two national languages of the Pakistan union between 1956 and 1971 (the other being Urdu). The Bangladeshi taka came into existence since 1972, a year after the independence of the eastern wing of the union, as the independent nation of Bangladesh .

  5. Decimalisation - Wikipedia

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    Decimalisation or decimalization (see spelling differences) is the conversion of a system of currency or of weights and measures to units related by powers of 10.. Most countries have decimalised their currencies, converting them from non-decimal sub-units to a decimal system, with one basic currency unit and sub-units that are valued relative to the basic unit by a power of 10, most commonly ...

  6. Slang terms for money - Wikipedia

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    Slang terms for money often derive from the appearance and features of banknotes or coins, their values, historical associations or the units of currency concerned. Within a language community, some of the slang terms vary in social, ethnic, economic, and geographic strata but others have become the dominant way of referring to the currency and are regarded as mainstream, acceptable language ...

  7. Indian anna - Wikipedia

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    Anna is derived from the Sanskrit अन्न, meaning "food". There was a coin of one anna, and also half-anna coins of copper and two-anna pieces of silver. [ 2 ] With the rupee having been valued to 1s 6d [ 3 ] and weighing 180 grains as a 916.66 fine silver coin, [ 4 ] the anna was equivalent to 9/8 d (one penny and half a farthing).

  8. Bangladesh thumps Pakistan in 2nd test to complete historic ...

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    Bangladesh completed a second-test victory against Pakistan on the last afternoon Tuesday and achieved an historic sweep of the series. Needing 143 more runs on the final day with 10 wickets in ...

  9. History of the taka - Wikipedia

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    The Bangladeshi taka is the currency of modern Bangladesh.It was officially introduced in 1972 by the Bangladesh Bank to replace the Pakistani rupee at par following the end of the Bangladesh Liberation War and is produced by Bangladesh's Security Printing Corporation.