Zanzibari rupee
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The rupee was the currency of Zanzibar from ca. 1908 to December 31, 1935. It was subdivided into 100 cents. The rupee replaced the Indian rupee at par and remained equal to it. The rupee was replaced by the East African shilling at the exchange rate of the time, which was 1.5 East African shillings = 1 Zanzibari rupee = 0.075 British Pound.
Little is known about this currency. Banknotes were issued by the government of Zanzibar in the values of Rs. 1, Rs. 5, Rs. 10, Rs. 20, Rs. 50, Rs. 100, and Rs. 500; coins in 1 cent, 10 cents, and 20 cents. All of them are very rare. The Standard Catalog of World Paper Money reported that the Spink auction house sold a 1916 Rs. 100 note in fine to very fine condition for U.S. $7360.
[edit] References
- ↑ Albert Pick (1996). in Neil Shafer, George S. Cuhaj, Colin R. Bruce II (editors): Standard Catalog of World Paper Money: General Issues to 1960, 8th ed., Krause Publications. ISBN 0-87341-469-1.
- Tables of modern monetary history: Tanzania
- Global Financial Data currency histories table
- History of Zanzibar
| Preceded by: Indian rupee and Zanzibari riyal Ratio: at par with Indian rupee, and possible 1 rupee = 0.5 riyal |
Currency of Zanzibar ca. 1908 – December 31, 1935 Concurrent with: East African florin coins until 1921 and East African shilling starting 1922. The Indian rupee and Maria Theresa thaler were also in use during this period |
Succeeded by: East African shilling Ratio: 1.5 East African shillings = 1 Zanzibari rupee = 1 Indian rupee = 1.5 British shilling |
| Currencies named rupee or similar | |
|---|---|
| Current | Indian rupee · Indonesian rupiah · Maldivian rufiyaa · Mauritian rupee · Nepalese rupee · Pakistani rupee · Seychellois rupee · Sri Lankan rupee |
| Defunct | Afghan rupee · Bhutanese rupee · Burmese rupee · Danish Indian rupee · (British) East African rupee · French Indian rupee · German East African rupie · Gulf rupee · Hyderabad rupee · Italian Somaliland rupia · Javan rupee · Netherlands Indian roepiah · Portuguese Indian rupia · Riau rupiah · Travancore rupee · West New Guinean rupiah · Zanzibari rupee |
| Fictional | Hylian rupee |
| See also | History of the rupee |
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