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Why Is 500 Called A Monkey? [Solved]

Well, you know how it goes - the Brits were in India and they noticed the 500 rupee note had a monkey on it, so they started calling it a “monkey” for 500 rupees. When they got back to England, they changed it up to mean £500. Pretty cool, huh?