HISTORY ABOUT RUPEES
* The first coins were minted (made) around
2500 years ago.
* Paper money was first used in China over 1000
years ago.
* The first "rupee” was first introduced by Sher
Shah Suri. It was based on a ratio of 40 copper
pieces (paisa) per rupee.
* Udaya K Dharmalingam is the designer of the
Indian rupee Symbol, which was adopted by the
Government of India in 2010.
* From 1953, Hindi was displayed prominently on
the new notes.
* The Government of India took over the issue
of bank notes in 1861 from the Private and
Presidency Banks.
* The first series of coins with theIndian rupee
symbol was launched on 8 July, 2011.
* The first 1000 Rs Note was introduced in 2000.
* The first 20 Rs and 5 Rs note was introduced
in 2001.
* Decimalization started in 1957 and the rupee
was divided into 100 Naye Paise.
* Total 15 Languages (Apart from English) are
printed in Indian Rupee Note. They are
Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati, Kannada,
Kashmiri, Konkani, Malayalam, Marathi, Nepali,
Oriya, Panjabi, Sanskrit, Tamil, Telugu and
Urdu.
* In India, the first paper bank note was
published by Bank of Hindustan in 1770.
* The current Mahatma Gandhi series of bank
notes stared from 1996 with new series of 10Rs
notes.
* Indian coins are produced in 4 cities: Noida,
Mumbai, Hyderabad, Kolkata. The coins produce
from each city puts an identification mark
under the year of issue. Coins produced in Noida
have a dot mark, Mumbai have diamond mark,
Hyderabad have star mark and coin produce
from Kolkata have nothing beneath the year.
* Credit cards were first used in the United
States in the 1920’s.
* The first coins were minted (made) around
2500 years ago.
* Paper money was first used in China over 1000
years ago.
* The first "rupee” was first introduced by Sher
Shah Suri. It was based on a ratio of 40 copper
pieces (paisa) per rupee.
* Udaya K Dharmalingam is the designer of the
Indian rupee Symbol, which was adopted by the
Government of India in 2010.
* From 1953, Hindi was displayed prominently on
the new notes.
* The Government of India took over the issue
of bank notes in 1861 from the Private and
Presidency Banks.
* The first series of coins with theIndian rupee
symbol was launched on 8 July, 2011.
* The first 1000 Rs Note was introduced in 2000.
* The first 20 Rs and 5 Rs note was introduced
in 2001.
* Decimalization started in 1957 and the rupee
was divided into 100 Naye Paise.
* Total 15 Languages (Apart from English) are
printed in Indian Rupee Note. They are
Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati, Kannada,
Kashmiri, Konkani, Malayalam, Marathi, Nepali,
Oriya, Panjabi, Sanskrit, Tamil, Telugu and
Urdu.
* In India, the first paper bank note was
published by Bank of Hindustan in 1770.
* The current Mahatma Gandhi series of bank
notes stared from 1996 with new series of 10Rs
notes.
* Indian coins are produced in 4 cities: Noida,
Mumbai, Hyderabad, Kolkata. The coins produce
from each city puts an identification mark
under the year of issue. Coins produced in Noida
have a dot mark, Mumbai have diamond mark,
Hyderabad have star mark and coin produce
from Kolkata have nothing beneath the year.
* Credit cards were first used in the United
States in the 1920’s.
