12 overwhelming facts about indian currency that you still don’t know  

Here are 12 OVERWHELMING FACTS ABOUT INDIAN CURRENCY THAT YOU STILL DON’T KNOW.  

Indian currency, after demonetisation many affairs and conflicts have been occurred about Indian currency. But did you know these things about Indian currency. I am sure most of us don’t know. Indian currency is part of everyone’s life in India. Therefore we must know these facts about indian currency and its history.

So ya let’s start our topic titled 12 OVERWHELMING FACTS ABOUT INDIAN CURRENCY THAT YOU STILL DON’T KNOW.  

1.YOU CAN EXCHANGE CURRENCY FROM BANK IF IT IS MORE THAN 51% REMAINED OF TEARED NOTE

It is the useful fact about indian currency. If you have a teared note or have more than 51 percent of a teared note, you can change it and take a new note from the bank. Ya that Indian currency fact is of my use.

2.YOU CAN IDENTIFY WHERE THE COIN IS MADE  

Did you know that you can actually identify where the coin is actually made. It is very easy to know where the making of which coin has been done. For this, a kind of symbol is made on the coins.

For example, if the work of making of a coin is done in Mumbai, it will have the symbol of Diamond on it, the coin made in Hyderabad will have a star, there will be a point on the coin made in Noida. If you do not find any symbol on any coin, it means that it is made in Kolkata.

 3.WHAT IS THE COST IN MAKING 10 RUPEES COIN

Most of us don’t know how much cost is required for making a coin. Here is it. The cost of making a coin of Rs 10 comes to Rs 6.10. Amazing right!

4. PAKISTAN USED INDIAN CURRENCY

Indian currency is great as much as India. Our neighbour country Pakistan used our currency as they didn’t have their own. Even after independence, Pakistan continued to use its seal on Indian currency. He did this until he had enough of his own currency available. Interesting fact about indian currency.

5.SMUGGLING OF COINS

 

Everyone knows currency is used as black money. But did you know that In Bangladesh, coins of 5 rupees were smuggled to make blades. 6 blades were made from 5 rupees coin and the cost of each blade was 2 rupees. After knowing this, the Indian government changed the metal used in coin making.

6. INDIAN RUPEES BANNED IN NEPAL

We may not know but If you get caught with 500 and 1000 notes in Nepal, then you can get punishment for it. Actually, Nepal has banned Indian 500 and 1000 notes due to increasing incidents of fake currency. Amazing  fact about indian currency about Nepal.

7.RBI DOESN’T PRODUCE THE ONE RUPEES NOTE

As you may be aware that the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has the right to issue all the notes. However, the Finance Ministry issues a one rupee note. On this note, the signature of  the Governor of RBI  is replaced byFinance Secretary.

8. HOW TO WRITE ₹ SIGN ON KEYBOARD

When writing about indian currency you may have problem with typing indian rupees symbol. With the help of 'keyboard', if you want to write a sign of Rs (₹), then you have to press the button of “Ctrl+ Shift+$” simultaneously.

9. EVERY NOTE HAS INDIAN TRADITION’S PICTURE

Every Indian note has a special type of picture. This picture is associated with the movement of mankind, nature, humans and freedom. Elephant, rhinoceros and lion are printed on a 10 rupee note.

At the same time, there is a picture of Andaman Island on a 20 rupee note. On a 100 rupee note, there is a cloud and a mountain, while a 500 rupee note is a picture associated with the freedom movement. Quite interesting fact about indian currency.

10. MORE THAN 15 LANGUAGES USED IN INDIAN CURRENCY

Apart from Hindi and English language, 15 other languages ​​are used on notes. Kashmiri, Malayalam, Marathi, Oriya, Nepali, Punjabi, Sanskrit, Telugu, Urdu, Tamil, Kannada, Assamese, Konkani, Marathi, Gujarati and Bengali are used on the second note with Rs 10, 20 and 50 rupees.

11.5000 AND 10000 NOTES WERE IN CIRCULATION IN PAST

Did you know that there was Five thousand and ten thousand notes were in circulation from 1954 to 1978. Interesting history of indian currency.

12.RUPEES IS NOT ONLY USED IN INDIA BUT IN OTHER COUNTRIES ALSO

 The rupee was the currency of several other countries like Aden, Oman, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, the Trucial States, Kenya, Uganda, the Seychelles and Mauritius in the early 20th Century.

So these were 12 OVERWHELMING FACTS ABOUT INDIAN CURRENCY THAT YOU STILL DON’T KNOW.

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