

Currencies listed as currently in use are not necessarily the same currencies that replaced the rupee. United Arab Emirates (as the Trucial States) Countries That Previously Used Rupees*: Country/Territory * Bhutan currently uses two main currencies: the Indian rupee and the Bhutanese ngultrum, whose value is pegged 1:1 with the Indian rupee. Countries That Use Rupees: Country/Territory The name rupee is also given to the fictional in-game currency used in Nintendo's Legend of Zelda videogame franchise. Unlike other major currencies, the word rupee has a wide range of alternate spellings and linguistic cognates, including roupie, rupie, rufiyaa, rupiah, and roepiah-however, the visually similar term ruble refers to an entirely different currency.
