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The rand is the currency of South Africa, Swaziland, Botswana.
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The rap was a counterfeit Irish coin passing as a halfpenny in the reign of George I.
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The real was a former currency of Spain. The value of reals varied through history, but in 1864 the Spanish monetary law fixed the weight of the silver
real at 1.298 grams, .81 fine.
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Regium donum was a sun of 1200 pounds per annum granted by William III to the Presbyterian clergy of Ireland as a reward for the active measures they took against James II. After various vicissitudes it was abolished in 1871, after the Irish Church was disestablished, but compensation was granted to the clergy who had a claim upon the annuity.
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An act was passed against regrators, forestallers, and ingrossers in 1552. A regrator was one who bought victuals in a market and sold them again within four miles of the same place; a forestaller was one who bought goods on their way to market; an ingrosser was one who bought large quantities with intent to sell at a higher price. The offences were punishable by two months' imprisonment. About thirty acts of a similar nature were repealed in 1883.
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The Removal of the Deposits was an anti-corruption move pursued by American President Andrew Jackson. On being successful in the election of 1832, he believed himself authorized by the popular voice to pursue to extremities his war upon the Bank of the United States. By the Act of 1816 creating the bank, the funds of the Federal Government were to be deposited in it, subject to removal by the Secretary of the Treasury, who should state to Congress the reasons for so doing. President Andrew Jackson, believing that the bank was unsound, and that its influence was used to corrupt politics, determined that the deposits should be removed. McLane, Secretary of the Treasury, not favouring this course, was transferred to the State Department. The new Secretary, Duane, refused to give the necessary order, and was dismissed by Andrew Jackson. Roger B Taney was then appointed, and ordered the removal, more strictly cessation, of deposits on September the 26th 1833. Andrew Jackson set forth his reasons to Congress, on its assembling. The Senate replied by a vote of censure. Jackson sent in a protest, declaring that the matter rested entirely within his competence as head of the Executive Department. In 1837 his friends succeeded in inducing the Senate to expunge its resolution of censure.
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The renminbi is the currency of China.
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The Revenue Scheme was a scheme proposed by the American Continental Congress, in order to enable it to meet its money obligations. Requisitions upon the States, the only mode allowed to Congress by the Articles of Confederation,, had proved a failure. In 1781 Congress proposed an amendment to the Articles, whereby it would be empowered to levy a five per cent duty on imports, to pay the debt accrued fighting the War of Independence. Rhode Island refused her assent. In 1783 Congress asked for this power for only twenty-five years. After many delays, New York refused in 1787, making impossible that unanimous consent which was necessary in order to validate an amendment to the Articles. Then the only plan was that of a Constitutional Convention.
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In numismatics, the reverse is the side of a coin opposite to that on which the head or principle figure is impressed.
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The rial was an old English gold coin of varying value. In the reign of Henry VI the rial was worth 10s; at the beginning of the reign of Elizabeth I rials were current at 15s and in the reign of James I the rose-rial was current at 30s and the spur-rial at 15s. The rial is the currency of Iran, Oman and Saudi Arabia.
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The Riel is the currency of Cambodia. One Riel is equal to 100 sen.
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The rigsdaler was a coin formerly current in Denmark valued at about 2s.
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Ring money is a primitive form of currency, believed to have been introduced into Europe from Egypt, where it was largely employed as the medium of exchange, circulating by weight, not by tale. Caesar found ring money in use in Gaul and in Britain, and it was still used by some African tribes (being manufactured in bronze at Birmingham for them) at the start of the 20th century.
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The ringgit is the currency of Malaysia.
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The Riyal is the currency of Qatar. One Riyal equals 100 dirhams.
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Rosa Americana was a coinage issued in 1722 by Great Britain for America, of a mixed metal resembling brass, and called Rosa Americana or Wood's money, after its manufacturer William Wood. The royal letters patent described this money as two-pence, pence and half-pence. The obverse was stamped with a laureated head of George I; the reverse with a double rose from which projected five barbed points. Legend: Rosa Americana, 1722 above, and below, Utile Dulci.
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The Rose's Act of 1793 brought benefit societies under the control of the government.
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The rose-noble was an old English gold coin, stamped with the impression of a rose. They were first coined in the reign of Edward III, and were current at 6s 8d. They were also coined by Edward IV of the value 8s 4d.
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The rouble is the currency of Russia.
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The rupee is the currency of India and Pakistan. The name derives from the Sanskrit word for silver, rupya.
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The rupiah is the currency of Indonesia.
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