Where would you use a rouble, yen, rupee, drachma and guilder?

You would use a rouble in the Soviet Union, a Yen in Japan, a rupee in India and Pakistan, a drachma in Greece, and a guilder in Holland. They are all units of the monitory systems of those countries.

     The rouble, which is divided into 100Kopeks, was the name for silver bar money which was in use in Russia from the 14th to the 17th century. Peter the great set up the modern system of coins, and the silver bar money was abolished.

     The Yen was originally a gold coin, but was changed to silver. A one Yen coin is now made of aluminum and the five and ten yen pieces are made of nickel.

    The word rupee means “silver coin”. It came into use in 1542 when the Sultan of Delhi, Sher Sha, reorganized the currency. It was kept as a monitor unit and is now divided into 100 noye paise (new paisas). Large amounts of rupee have special names: a lakh is 100,000 and a crore is ten million rupees.

    The drachma, in Ancient Greece was a silver coin and also a measure of weight. There were 100 drachmae to one mina which weighted about one pound. The modern drachma is divided into 100 lepta.

        The guilder, which is the currency of the Netherlands and its overseas territories, is divided into 100%. This unit of currency spread to Northern Europe from Florence in Italy and is also used under the name of florin