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Currencies in Asia

Anyone who travels to Asia needs to be liquid and liquid on the go – foreign exchange. Depending on the travel destination, the appropriate currency must be purchased in advance or in the destination country, which is usually cheaper.

The following travel countries (in alphabetical order) and currencies are in Asia:

  1. Afghanistan – Afghani
  2. Bahrain – Bahrain Dinar
  3. Bangladesh – Taka
  4. Bhutan – Ngultrum
  5. Brunei – Brunei Dollar
  6. Cambodia – Riel
  7. Hong Kong – Hong Kong Dollar>
  8. India – Indian Rupee
  9. Indonesia – Rupiah
  10. Iran – Iranian Rial
  11. Iraq – Iraqi Dinar
  12. Israel – Shekel
  13. Japan – Yen
  14. Jordan – Jordanian Dinar
  15. Kazakhstan – Tenge
  16. Kuwait – Kuwait Dinar
  17. Kyrgyzstan – Som
  18. Laos – Kip
  19. Lebanon – Lebanese Pound
  20. Macau – Pataca
  21. Malaysia – Ringgit
  22. Maldives – Rufiyaa
  23. Mongolia – Tugrik
  24. Myanmar (Burma, Burma) – Kyat
  25. Nepal – Nepalese Rupee
  26. North Korea – North Korean Won
  27. Oman – Omani Rial
  28. Pakistan – Pakistani Rupees
  29. People’s Republic of China – Renminbi Yuan
  30. Phillipines – Phillipine Peso
  31. Qatar – Qatar Riyal
  32. Saudi Arabia – Saudi Riyal
  33. Singapore – Singapore Dollar
  34. South Korea – Won
  35. Sri Lanka – Sri Lanka Rupee
  36. Syria – Syrian Pound
  37. Taiwan – Taiwan Dollar
  38. Tajikistan – Somoni
  39. Thailand – Baht
  40. Turkmenistan – Turkmenistan Manat
  41. United Arab Emirates – UAE Dirham
  42. Uzbekistan – Sum
  43. Vietnam – Dong
  44. Yemen – Yemen Rial

The best-known and most widely used currency is the Japanese yen ; since 1870 currency unit with the international symbol ¥.

The yen is divided into Sen (銭, 1 Yen = 100 Sen) [1] and Rin (厘, 1 Sen = 10 Rin); however, the coins have not been in circulation since the mid-50’s of the last century. The name for the ISO currency code is JPY with code number 392.

This is followed by the renminbi, ISO 4217’s international abbreviation is CNY – in off-shore foreign exchange trading centers such as Hong Kong, Renminbi is also abbreviated as CNH.

The abbreviation RMB has established itself in China. The units of the currency are Yuan (元, Yuán, forgery-proof graphic variant: 圓 / 圆), Jiao (角, Jiǎo) and Fen (分, Fēn). One yuan元, abbreviated with the symbol ¥ (CN ¥), corresponds to 10 Jiǎo角or 100 Fēn分.

At the end of November 2015, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) made the renminbi the fifth global reserve currency alongside the US dollar, euro, British pound and yen. With this status, global trade is simplified.

Since October 1st, 2016, the Renminbi has been part of the IMF’s world currency basket as the fifth currency.

 

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  • Largest Countries in Asia by Population
  • List of Countries in Asia (Alphabetical Order)

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