Chinese Yuan Renminbi to Afghan afghani

The Chinese yuan (symbol  ¥, code: CNY, number 156) is the national currency of the People's Republic of China. One yuan is divided into 10 jiao, one jiao is subdivided into 10 fens. International sign is the same as that of the Japanese yen.

The exchange rate has been tightly pegged to the dollar since 2005. The currency belongs to the SDR basket. Although formally Hong Kong and Macau are Chinese territories, the yuan is not an official legal tender there. It is used for in- cash payments only in Mainland China, as well as for foreign exchange accountings.

Afghani (sign ؋, code AFN) is the currency of Afghanistan which is not used for payment in other countries. One afghani equals 100 pul coins. Afghani has been issued since 1926.

Originally, coins made only out of silver were used on the territory of the Islamic state. First notes were printed in 1935. The Afghan rupee had been used hand in hand with afghani until 1978. Up until 2002, there had been different types of afghani used in the country and issued by different military and political organizations: “davlati” and “dostumi”, but the new leader, Hamid Karzai, reformed the currency leaving only one type. Banknotes had architectural monuments, key industries and infrastructure depicted on them.