Sen (coin)

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In various East and Southeast Asian countries, Sen denotes one hundredth of the currency unit in force there. The word is obviously derived from the French centime and thus, like most coins of this type worldwide, ultimately from the Latin word centum (= hundred). The abbreviation is therefore also c .

Due to the ongoing devaluation of the currency, the Sen unit is only of historical significance in most countries. Sen coins are only used in payment transactions in Malaysia.

In detail, this unit existed or existed for the following currencies:

  • in Japanese Yen - a Sen ( 銭 , Kyūjitai / Chin. 錢 , Chinese reading qián , Korean reading jeon (McCune-Reischauer chŏn ), Vietnamese reading tiền ) was originally a unit of weight, the tenth of a Ryō ( 両 , Kyūjitai / chin. 兩 , chin. liǎng , kor. nyang , viet. lượng ), in Europe derived from Malay called tael ; also in Korea and Vietnam 錢 became a currency unit as Jeon and Tiền ,
  • with the Cambodian Riel ,
  • at the Indonesian rupiah ,
  • at the Malaysian ringgit .

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