This is a list of historical currencies.

Greece

* Aeginian stater (gold) * Corinthian stater (silver) * Aurous * Athenian drachma (silver) * Stater (silver) * Tetradrachm (silver) * Drachma (silver) ** Alexandrian coinage ** Ptolemaic coinage ** Seleucid coinage ** Bactrian coinage

Ancient Lebanon

Tyrian shekel Tyrian shekels, tetradrachms, or tetradrachmas were coins of Tyre, which in the Roman Empire took on an unusual role as the medium of payment for the Temple tax in Jerusalem, and subsequently gained notoriety as a likely mode of payment for Juda ...

Ancient Lydia

* Stater ( electrum and silver) * Trite (coin) (electrum third of a stater) * Hekte (electrum sixth of a stater) ** Lydian coin

Ancient Persia

Daric The Persian daric was a gold coin which, along with a similar silver coin, the siglos, represented the bimetallic monetary standard of the Achaemenid Persian Empire.Michael Alram"DARIC" ''Encyclopaedia Iranica'', December 15, 1994, last updated N ...

(gold) *

Sigloi The Achaemenid Empire issued coins from 520 BCE–450 BCE to 330 BCE. The Persian daric was the first gold coin which, along with a similar silver coin, the siglos (from grc, σίγλος, he, שֶׁקֶל, '' shékel'') represented the first ...

(silver) ** Persian coinage ** Persis coinage **

Parthian coinage Parthian coinage was produced within the domains of the Parthian Empire (247 BC – 224 AD). The coins struck by the Parthians were mainly made of silver, with the main currencies being the drachm and tetradrachm. The tetradrachm, which generally w ...

** Sassanian coinage ** Elymais coinage

Ancient Rome

Antoninianus The ''antoninianus'' or pre-reform radiate, was a coin used during the Roman Empire thought to have been valued at 2 denarii. It was initially silver, but was slowly debased to bronze with a minimal silver content. The coin was introduced b ...

* Argenteus (silver) * As (copper) *

Aureus The ''aureus'' ( ''aurei'', 'golden', used as a noun) was a gold coin of ancient Rome originally valued at 25 pure silver ''denarii'' (sin. denarius). The ''aureus'' was regularly issued from the 1st century BC to the beginning of the 4th cen ...

(gold) * Denarius (silver) *

Dupondius The ''dupondius'' (Latin ''two-pounder'') was a brass coin used during the Roman Republic and Roman Empire valued at 2 asses (4/5 of a sestertius or 1/5 of a denarius during the Republic and 1/2 of a sestertius or 1/8 of a denarius during the tim ...

(bronze) *

Follis The follis (plural ''folles''; it, follaro, ar, فلس, Fels) was a type of coin in the Roman and Byzantine traditions. Roman coin In the past, the term ''follis'' was used to describe a large bronze Roman coin introduced in about 294 (the a ...

Sestertius The ''sestertius'' (plural ''sestertii''), or sesterce (plural sesterces), was an ancient Roman coin. During the Roman Republic it was a small, silver coin issued only on rare occasions. During the Roman Empire it was a large brass coin. The ...

(bronze) *

Solidus Solidus (Latin for "solid") may refer to: * Solidus (coin) The ''solidus'' (Latin 'solid'; ''solidi'') or nomisma ( grc-gre, νόμισμα, ''nómisma'', 'coin') was a highly pure gold coin issued in the Late Roman Empire and By ...

(gold) *

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(silver, gold) * Tremissis (gold) **

Roman currency Roman currency for most of Roman history consisted of gold, silver, bronze, orichalcum and copper coinage. From its introduction to the Republic, during the third century BC, well into Imperial times, Roman currency saw many changes in form, denom ...

Roman Imperial currency Roman currency for most of Roman history consisted of gold, silver, bronze, orichalcum and copper coinage. From its introduction to the Republic, during the third century BC, well into Imperial times, Roman currency saw many changes in form, denom ...

Roman Republican currency Roman Republican currency refers to the coinage struck by the various magistrates of the Roman Republic, to be used as legal tender. In modern times, the abbreviation RRC, "Roman Republican Coinage" originally the name of a reference work on the t ...

Ancient Europe

Potin Potin (also known as billon) is a base metal silver-like alloy used in coins. It is typically a mixture of copper, tin and lead (in varying proportions) and it is debated whether any actual silver needs to be present. While the term ''billon'' is ...

* Stater *

Gold coin A gold coin is a coin that is made mostly or entirely of gold. Most gold coins minted since 1800 are 90–92% gold (22 karat), while most of today's gold bullion coins are pure gold, such as the Britannia, Canadian Maple Leaf, and American Bu ...

* Silver coin * Écu * Florin

Ancient Israel

* Ma'ah (silver) *

Prutah Prutah (Hebrew: פרוטה) is a Hebrew term, possibly derived from Aramaic. It refers to a small denomination coin. History Antiquity The prutah was an ancient copper Jewish coin with low value. A loaf of bread in ancient times was worth about ...

(bronze/copper) **

Yehud coinage The Yehud coinage is a series of small silver coins bearing the Aramaic inscription ''Yehud''. They derive their name from the inscription YHD (𐤉‬𐤄𐤃‬), "Yehud", the Aramaic name of the Achaemenid Persian province of Yehud; others are ...

Hashmonean coinage Hasmonean coinage are the coins minted by the Hasmonean kings. Only bronze coins in various denominations have been found; the smallest being a prutah or a half prutah. Two Roman silver denarii are associated with the Hasmoneans; one has the inscr ...

** Herodian coinage **

Roman Procurator coinage The procuratorial coinage of Roman Judaea was minted by the prefects and procurators of the province between AD 6 and 66 in only one denomination and size, the bronze prutah. Not all of the Procurators issued coinage. Those that did were Coponiu ...

** First Jewish Revolt coinage **

Judaea Capta coinage Judaea Capta coins (also spelled Judea Capta) were a series of commemorative coins originally issued by the Roman Emperor Vespasian to celebrate the capture of Judaea and the destruction of the Second Jewish Temple by his son Titus in 70 CE ...

Bar Kochba Revolt coinage Bar Kokhba Revolt coinage were coins issued by the Judaean rebel state, headed by Simon Bar Kokhba, during the Bar Kokhba revolt against the Roman Empire of 132-135 CE. During the Revolt, large quantities of coins were issued in silver and copp ...

* Sheqel (silver) * Zuz (silver)

Ancient Armenia

* Dahekan * Dang *

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* P'ogh * Kartez * Tagvorin

Africa

* Ajuran currency *

Aksumite currency Aksumite currency was coinage produced and used within the Kingdom of Aksum (or Axum) centered in present-day Eritrea and Ethiopia. Its mintages were issued and circulated from the reign of King Endubis around AD 270 until it began its decline in ...

Mogadishu currency Mogadishu currency was an old coinage system minted by the medieval Sultanate of Mogadishu. Overview In order to facilitate regional trade, the Mogadishu Sultanate began minting its own coins, a move which had the effect of centralizing its comme ...

* Dollar -

Rhodesia Rhodesia (, ), officially from 1970 the Republic of Rhodesia, was an unrecognised state in Southern Africa from 1965 to 1979, equivalent in territory to modern Zimbabwe. Rhodesia was the ''de facto'' Succession of states, successor state to th ...

Dinar The dinar () is the principal currency unit in several countries near the Mediterranean Sea, and its historical use is even more widespread. The modern dinar's historical antecedents are the gold dinar and the silver dirham, the main coin of ...

- Sudan * Ekwele (Ekuele) -

Equatorial Guinea Equatorial Guinea ( es, Guinea Ecuatorial; french: Guinée équatoriale; pt, Guiné Equatorial), officially the Republic of Equatorial Guinea ( es, link=no, República de Guinea Ecuatorial, french: link=no, République de Guinée équatoria ...

Escudo The escudo ( Portuguese: 'shield') is a unit of currency historically used in Portugal and its colonies in South America, Asia, and Africa. It was originally worth 16 silver . The Cape Verdean escudo and the former Portuguese escudo (PTE), eac ...

Angolan escudo The escudo was the currency of Angola between 1914 and 1928 and again between 1958 and 1977. It was subdivided into 100 ''centavos'' with the ''macuta'' worth 5 centavos and was equivalent to the Portuguese escudo. History The introduction of th ...

** Mozambican escudo ** Portuguese Guinean escudo ** São Tomé and Príncipe escudo * Fanery - Madagascar * Florin - Kenya, Somalia, Tanzania and Uganda * Franc **

Algerian franc The franc was the currency of Algeria between 1848 and 1964. It was subdivided into 100 centimes. History The franc replaced the budju when France occupied the country. It was equivalent to the French franc and was revalued in 1960 at a rate of ...

** French Camerounian franc ** Moroccan franc **

Malagasy franc The franc (ISO 4217 code ''MGF'') was the currency of Madagascar until January 1, 2005. It was subdivided into 100 centimes. In Malagasy the corresponding term for the franc is '' iraimbilanja'', and five Malagasy francs is called '' ariary''. ...

Malian franc The Malian franc was the independent currency of Mali between 1962 and 1984. Although technically subdivided into 100 ''centimes'', no subdivisions were issued. History Until 1962, Mali used the West African CFA franc. The Malian franc was introd ...

* Katanga Cross - Zaire *

Lira Lira is the name of several currency units. It is the current currency of Turkey and also the local name of the currencies of Lebanon and of Syria. It is also the name of several former currencies, including those of Italy, Malta and Isr ...

Italian East African lira The lira AOI was a special banknote circulating in Italian East Africa (''Africa Orientale Italiana'', or AOI) between 1938 and 1941. Data When Fascist Italy imposed the Italian lira in Ethiopia in 1936, it decided upon a rate of 3 lire = 1 th ...

Italian Somaliland lira The Italian Somaliland lira also called the Somali lira ( it, lira somala), was a special version of the Italian lira minted in Italian Somaliland Italian Somalia ( it, Somalia Italiana; ar, الصومال الإيطالي, Al-Sumal Al-Italiy ...

** Tripolitanian lira * Metica - Mozambique * Peseta -

Peso The peso is the monetary unit of several countries in the Americas, and the Philippines. Originating in the Spanish Empire, the word translates to "weight". In most countries the peso uses the same sign, "$", as many currencies named " doll ...

Guinea-Bissau Guinea-Bissau ( ; pt, Guiné-Bissau; ff, italic=no, 𞤘𞤭𞤲𞤫 𞤄𞤭𞤧𞤢𞥄𞤱𞤮, Gine-Bisaawo, script=Adlm; Mandinka: ''Gine-Bisawo''), officially the Republic of Guinea-Bissau ( pt, República da Guiné-Bissau, links=no ) ...

* Pound **

Biafran pound The pound (symbol £) was the currency of the breakaway Republic of Biafra between 1968 and 1970. The first notes, in denominations of 5 /– and £1, were introduced on January 29, 1968. A series of coins was issued in 1969; 3 d, 6d, 1 /–, ...

British West African pound The pound was the currency of British West Africa, a group of British colonies, protectorates and mandate territories. It was equal to one pound sterling and was similarly subdivided into 20 shillings, each of 12 pence. History In the 19th ...

- Cameroon,

Gambia The Gambia,, ff, Gammbi, ar, غامبيا officially the Republic of The Gambia, is a country in West Africa. It is the smallest country within mainland AfricaHoare, Ben. (2002) ''The Kingfisher A-Z Encyclopedia'', Kingfisher Publicatio ...

, Ghana, Nigeria and Sierra Leone **

Gambian pound The pound (symbol: £) was the currency of the Gambia between 1965 and 1971. Gambia used the British West African pound until it issued its own currency on October 5, 1964. In 1971, the dalasi replaced the pound at a rate of £1 = D5 (or D1 = 4 /� ...

Ghanaian pound The pound was the currency of Ghana between 1958 and 1965. It was subdivided into 20 shillings, each of 12 pence. Until 1958, Ghana used the British West African pound, after which it issued its own currency. In 1965, Ghana introduced the first ''c ...

** Libyan pound ** Malawian pound **

Nigerian pound The pound was the currency of Nigeria between 1907 and 1973. Until 1958, Nigeria used the British West African pound, after which it issued its own currency. The pound was subdivided into 20 shillings, each of 12 pence. The Nigerian pound (whic ...

Rhodesian pound The pound was the currency of Southern Rhodesia from 1964 to 1965 and Rhodesia from 1965 until 1970. It was subdivided into 20 ''shillings'', each of 12 ''pence''. History The Rhodesian pound was introduced following the break-up of the Federati ...

South African pound The pound (Afrikaans: ''pond''; symbol £, £SA for distinction) was the currency of the Union of South Africa from the formation of the country as a British Dominion in 1910. It was replaced by the rand in 1961 when South Africa decimalised. In ...

** Zambian pound * Rial - Morocco *

Rupee Rupee is the common name for the currencies of India, Mauritius, Nepal, Pakistan, Seychelles, and Sri Lanka, and of former currencies of Afghanistan, Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, the United Arab Emirates (as the Gulf rupee), British East Africa, ...

- Kenya, Somalia, Tanzania and Uganda *

Shilling The shilling is a historical coin, and the name of a unit of modern currency, currencies formerly used in the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, other British Commonwealth countries and Ireland, where they were generally equivalent to 1 ...

- Kenya, Somalia, Tanzania and Uganda * Syli - Guinea * Zaire - Zaire

Americas

Pre-colonial

* Axe-money - Western Mesoamerica and Northern Andes * Cocoa bean - Mesoamerica * copper - Ojibway *

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- Mesoamerica

Post-contact

* Austral -

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Continental Continental may refer to: Places * Continent, the major landmasses of Earth * Continental, Arizona, a small community in Pima County, Arizona, US * Continental, Ohio, a small town in Putnam County, US Arts and entertainment * ''Continental'' ( ...

Colonial America The colonial history of the United States covers the history of European colonization of North America from the early 17th century until the incorporation of the Thirteen Colonies into the United States after the Revolutionary War. In the ...

* Cruzeiro, Cruzado - Brazil *

Chile Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in the western part of South America. It is the southernmost country in the world, and the closest to Antarctica, occupying a long and narrow strip of land between the Andes to the east a ...

* Inti - Peru *

** Bolivian peso **

Costa Rican peso The peso was the currency of Costa Rica between 1850 and 1896. It was initially subdivided into 8 ''reales'' and circulated alongside the earlier currency, the real Real may refer to: Currencies * Brazilian real (R$) * Central American Republ ...

** Dominican peso **

Guatemalan peso The ''peso'' was the currency of Guatemala between 1859 and 1925. History The peso replaced the ''real'', with 1 peso = 8 reales. In 1869, the ''centavo'' was introduced, worth one hundredth of a peso, but the real continued to be produced until 1 ...

Honduran peso The peso was the currency of Honduras between 1862 and 1931. History The peso replaced the real Real may refer to: Currencies * Brazilian real (R$) * Central American Republic real * Mexican real * Portuguese real * Spanish real * Spanish c ...

Nicaraguan peso The peso was the currency of Nicaragua Nicaragua (; ), officially the Republic of Nicaragua (), is the largest country in Central America, bordered by Honduras to the north, the Caribbean to the east, Costa Rica to the south, and the Pacific ...

Paraguayan peso The peso was the currency of Paraguay between 1856 and 1944. It replaced the real at a rate of 8 reales = 1 peso. Until 1870, the peso was subdivided into 8 reales. Paraguay then decimalized, with 100 ''centésimos'' = 1 peso. The name of the subd ...

* Scudo -

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* Sucre - Ecuador

Canada

* 5-sol French coin and silver coins - New France * Spanish-American coins- unofficial *

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- 1685-1760s, sometimes officially New France * 15 and a 30-deniers coin known as the mousquetaire - early 17th Century New France * Gold Louis - 1720 New France * Sol and Double Sol 1738-1764 * English coins early 19th Century * Tokens and Army Bills - War of 1812 * British Shinplaster 1870s * United States silver coins 1868-1869

Caribbean

* Dollar **

Dominican dollar The history of currency in the British colony of Dominica closely follows that of the British Eastern Caribbean territories in general. Even though Queen Anne's proclamation of 1704 brought the gold standard to the West Indies, silver pieces of ei ...

Grenadian dollar The history of currency in the British colony of Grenada closely follows that of the British Eastern Caribbean territories in general. Even though Queen Anne's proclamation of 1704 brought the gold standard to the West Indies, silver pieces of eight ...

* Pound **

Bahamian pound The pound was the currency of the Bahamas until 1966. It was equivalent to the pound sterling and was divided into 20 ''shillings'', each of 12 ''pence''. Standard sterling coinage circulated. Apart from a Bahamas penny coin struck in 1806, there w ...

Bermudian pound The pound was the currency of Bermuda until 1970. It was equivalent to sterling, alongside which it circulated, and was similarly divided into 20 shillings each of 12 pence. Bermuda decimalised in 1970, replacing the pound with the Bermudian dol ...

** Jamaican pound

Mexico

Mexican dollar The Spanish dollar, also known as the piece of eight ( es, Real de a ocho, , , or ), is a silver coin of approximately diameter worth eight Spanish reales. It was minted in the Spanish Empire following a monetary reform in 1497 with content ...

* Mexican real *Original

Mexican peso The Mexican peso (symbol: $; code: MXN) is the currency of Mexico. Modern peso and dollar currencies have a common origin in the 16th–19th century Spanish dollar, most continuing to use its sign, "$". The current ISO 4217 code for the peso ...

- replaced by the nuevo peso (MXN), now just called peso, in 1993

Asia

China

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- China *

Knife money Knife money is the name of large, cast, bronze, knife-shaped commodity money produced by various governments and kingdoms in what is now China, approximately 2500 years ago. Knife money circulated in China between 600 and 200 B.C. during the Z ...

- Zhou Dynasty * Ant nose coin -

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Ying Yuan Ying Yuan () were stamped blocks of gold bullion. This was an early form of currency that could be considered a precursor to gold coins. They were issued by the ancient Chinese state of Chu during the Warring States period between the 400s and la ...

* Sycee - Qin Dynasty *

Ban Liang The Ban Liang (Traditional Chinese: ; Pinyin: ''bàn liǎng'') was the first unified currency of the Chinese empire, first minted as early as 378 BCE and introduced by the first emperor Qin Shi Huang as China's first unified currency around 210 ...

- Qin Dynasty * Spade money - Zhou Dynasty, Xin Dynasty * Jiaozi (currency) - Song Dynasty * Guanzi (currency) - Song Dynasty *

Huizi (currency) The Huizi (), issued in the year 1160, was the official banknote of the Chinese Southern Song dynasty. It has the highest amount of issuance among various banknote types during the Song dynasty. Huizi notes came on three-colour printed paper and ...

- Southern Song Dynasty *

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- China * Customs gold unit - China

Taiwan

Yen The is the official currency of Japan. It is the third-most traded currency in the foreign exchange market, after the United States dollar (US$) and the euro. It is also widely used as a third reserve currency after the US dollar and the e ...

- Taiwan *

Old Taiwan dollar The Old Taiwan dollar was in use from 1946 to 1949, beginning shortly after Taiwan's handover from Japan to the Republic of China. The currency was issued by the Bank of Taiwan. Hyperinflation prompted the introduction of the New Taiwan dolla ...

Iran

* Qiran - Iran * Achaemenid currency - Iran *

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- Iran

Japan

* Ryō *

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* Japanese cash * Gold plates ** Ōban ** Koban ** Ichibuban *

** Military yen ** Invasion money **

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Korean

* Hwan - Korea * Mun * Yang * Imperial Won *

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- Korea

Malaya

Tin Animal Money Tin Animal Money is a form of currency believed to be used by the royal courts of Malay Peninsula from the 15th through 18th centuries. It evolved into a form of currency used in Perak, Selangor and Negeri Sembilan. The most common shape was that ...

* Tin ingot * Sumatran dudu * Brunei pitis *

British North Borneo dollar The British North Borneo dollar was the currency of British North Borneo from 1882 to 1953. It was subdivided into 100 ''cents''. The dollar had remained at par with the Straits dollar (and its successor the Malayan dollar), the currency of Mal ...

Malayan dollar The Malayan dollar ( Malay: ''ringgit'', Jawi: رڠڬيت) was the currency of the British colonies and protectorates in Malaya and Brunei until 1953. It was introduced in 1939, replacing the Straits dollar at par, with 1 dollar = two shillings ...

Malaya and British Borneo dollar The Malaya and British Borneo dollar ( ms, ringgit; ms, رڠڬيت, label=Jawi alphabet, Jawi, script=arab, italic=unset) was the currency of Federation of Malaya, Malaya, Singapore, Crown Colony of Sarawak, Sarawak, Crown Colony of North Bor ...

Malaya Malaya refers to a number of historical and current political entities related to what is currently Peninsular Malaysia in Southeast Asia: Political entities * British Malaya (1826–1957), a loose collection of the British colony of the Straits ...

, Singapore,

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and Brunei *

Sarawak dollar The dollar was the currency of the Raj of Sarawak from 1858 to 1953. It was subdivided into 100 ''cents''. The dollar remained at par with the Straits dollar and its successor the Malayan dollar, the currency of Malaya and Singapore, from its ...

* Straits dollar -

Straits Settlements The Straits Settlements were a group of British territories located in Southeast Asia. Headquartered in Singapore for more than a century, it was originally established in 1826 as part of the territories controlled by the British East India Comp ...

* Sumatran dollar

Philippines

* Gold Coinages ** Piloncitos **

Barter rings Barter rings ( Tagalog: ''panika'') are ring-shaped gold ingots used as currency in the Philippines until the 16th century. These barter rings are bigger than a doughnut in size and are made of nearly pure gold. Description The early Filipino ...

* Silver Coinage ** '' Hilis Kalamay'' (Silver cobs) - Philippines ** Sampaloc Barillas ** ''Dos Mundos'' * Sulu coins- Philippines * Piso **

Philippine peso fuerte The Philippine peso fuerte (Spanish "Strong Peso" sign: PF) was the first paper currency of the Philippines and the Spanish East Indies during the later Spanish colonial period. It co-circulated with other Spanish silver and gold coins and was is ...

** Guerilla pesos

Vietnam

* Đồng - Vietnam * Xu - South Vietnam * lượng * văn

Historical money of Tibet The use of historical money in Tibet started in ancient times, when Tibet had no coined currency of its own. Bartering was common, gold was a medium of exchange, and shell money and stone beads were used for very small purchases. A few coins from o ...

* Tibetan skar * Tibetan srang * Tibetan tangka

India

*Hon and Shivrai of the Maratha Dynasty *

Portuguese Indian escudo The escudo was the currency of Portuguese India between 1958 and 1961. It was subdivided into 100 ''centavos'' and was equal in value to the Portuguese escudo. After Portuguese India was annexed by the Republic of India in 1961, the escudo was r ...

** Hyderabadi rupee *

Vijayanagara coinage The Vijayanagara Empire from 1336–1646, was situated in Southern India and had a complex currency system that was used after the Empire ceased to exist. The standard unit of coin issued by the Vijayanagara Empire was the gold Pagoda in Englis ...

Other currencies

*Keping ** Kelantan keping **

Trengganu keping The keping was the currency of Trengganu Terengganu (; Terengganu Malay: ''Tranung'', Jawi: ), formerly spelled Trengganu or Tringganu, is a sultanate and constitutive state of federal Malaysia. The state is also known by its Arabic honorifi ...

* Dollar **

Mongolian dollar The dollar ( mn, доллар) was the currency of Mongolia between 1921 and 1925. Treasury notes were issued under Baron Ungern in 1921. The denominations were 10, 20, 50 and 100 dollars. It was intended to replace the Chinese yuan The renm ...

Baht The baht (; th, บาท, ; currency sign, sign: ฿; ISO 4217, code: THB) is the official currency of Thailand. It is divided into 100 ''satang'' (, ). The issuance of currency is the responsibility of the Bank of Thailand. Society for Worldw ...

- Thailand *

** Portuguese Timorese escudo *

Kushan Coinage In the coinage of the North Indian and Central Asian Kushan Empire (approximately 30–375 CE) the main coins issued were gold, weighing 7.9 grams, and base metal issues of various weights between 12 g and 1.5 g. Little silver c ...

- Israel * Mohar - Nepal * Pound **

Israeli pound The pound or lira ( he, לירה ישראלית ''Lira Yisra'elit'', ar, جنيه إسرائيلي ''Junayh ʾIsrāʾīlī''; abbreviation: IL in Latin, ל"י in Hebrew; code ) was the currency of the State of Israel from 9 June 1952 until 23 Fe ...

** Jordanian pound **

Palestine pound The Palestine pound ( ar, جُنَيْه فِلَسْطَينِيّ, ; he, פוּנְט פַּלֶשְׂתִינָאִי (א״י), funt palestina'i (eretz-yisra'eli) or he, לירה (א״י), lira eretz-yisra'elit, link=no; Sign: £P) was the ...

Rouble The ruble (American English) or rouble (Commonwealth English) (; rus, рубль, p=rublʲ) is the currency unit of Belarus and Russia. Historically, it was the currency of the Russian Empire and of the Soviet Union. , currencies named ''rub ...

Tajikistan Tajikistan (, ; tg, Тоҷикистон, Tojikiston; russian: Таджикистан, Tadzhikistan), officially the Republic of Tajikistan ( tg, Ҷумҳурии Тоҷикистон, Jumhurii Tojikiston), is a landlocked country in Centr ...

** Bhutanese rupee **

Burmese rupee The rupee was the currency of Burma (now Myanmar) between 1852 and 1952, except for the years 1943–1945. History When Burma was conquered by the British, the Indian rupee replaced the kyat at par. From 1897, the government of India issued not ...

Gulf rupee The Gulf rupee (Arabic: روبيه or روبيه خليجيه) was the official currency used in the British protectorates of the Arabian Peninsula that are around the Persian Gulf between 1959 and 1966. These areas today form the countries of K ...

Bahrain Bahrain ( ; ; ar, البحرين, al-Bahrayn, locally ), officially the Kingdom of Bahrain, ' is an island country in Western Asia. It is situated on the Persian Gulf, and comprises a small archipelago made up of 50 natural islands and an a ...

, Kuwait,

Oman Oman ( ; ar, عُمَان ' ), officially the Sultanate of Oman ( ar, سلْطنةُ عُمان ), is an Arabian country located in southwestern Asia. It is situated on the southeastern coast of the Arabian Peninsula, and spans the mouth of t ...

, Qatar and United Arab Emirates ** Javan rupee

Oceania

* Pound **

Australian pound The pound (Sign: £, £A for distinction) was the currency of Australia from 1910 until 14 February 1966, when it was replaced by the Australian dollar. As with other £sd currencies, it was subdivided into 20 shillings (denoted by the symbol ...

Fijian pound The pound (sign: £) was the currency of Fiji between 1873 and 1969. It was subdivided into 20 shillings, each of 12 pence. History From its earliest days as a British colony, sterling coinage circulated in Fiji, supplemented by locally produced ...

New Zealand pound The pound (symbol £, £NZ. for distinction) was the currency of New Zealand from 1840 until 1967, when it was replaced by the New Zealand dollar. Like the pound sterling, it was subdivided into 20 shillings (abbreviation s or /) each of 12 pen ...

Solomon Islands pound The pound was the currency of the British Solomon Islands Protectorate between 1899 and 1966. It was divided into 20 shillings, each of 12 pence. Initially, sterling coin circulated, supplemented by local banknotes from 1916. In 1920, Australian co ...

** Tongan pound **

Western Samoan pound The pound was the currency of Western Samoa between 1914 and 1967. It was subdivided into 20 shillings, each of 12 pence. History In 1914, following the New Zealand occupation of German Samoa, the pound sterling replaced the German mark as the cur ...

Modern Europe

European Currency Unit The European Currency Unit (, ; , ECU, or XEU) was a unit of account used by the European Economic Community and composed of a basket of member country currencies. The ECU came in to operation on 13 March 1979 and was assigned the ISO 42 ...

and 21 national currencies which were replaced by the euro: **

Austrian schilling The schilling ( German: ''Schilling'') was the currency of Austria from 1925 to 1938 and from 1945 to 1999, and the circulating currency until 2002. The euro was introduced at a fixed parity of €1 = 13.7603 schilling to replace it. The sch ...

Belgian franc The Belgian franc ( nl, Belgische frank, french: Franc belge, german: Belgischer Franken) was the currency of the Kingdom of Belgium from 1832 until 2002 when the Euro was introduced. It was subdivided into 100 subunits, each known as a in Dutch ...

Cypriot pound The pound, or lira ( el, λίρα, plural , and tr, lira, ota, لیره, from the Latin via the Italian ; sign: £, sometimes £C for distinction), was the currency of Cyprus, including the Sovereign Base Areas in Akrotiri and Dhekelia, from ...

** Dutch guilder **

Estonian kroon The kroon (sign: KR; code: EEK) was the official currency of Estonia for two periods in history: 1928–1940 and 1992–2011. Between 1 January and 14 January 2011, the kroon circulated together with the euro, after which the euro became the sole ...

Finnish markka The markka ( fi, markka; sv, mark; sign: Mk; ISO code: FIM, typically known outside Finland as the Finnish mark) was the currency of Finland from 1860 until 28 February 2002, when it ceased to be legal tender. The mark was divided into 100 p ...

French franc The franc (, ; sign: F or Fr), also commonly distinguished as the (FF), was a currency of France. Between 1360 and 1641, it was the name of coins worth 1 livre tournois and it remained in common parlance as a term for this amount of money. It wa ...

German mark The Deutsche Mark (; English: ''German mark''), abbreviated "DM" or "D-Mark" (), was the official currency of West Germany from 1948 until 1990 and later the unified Germany from 1990 until the adoption of the euro in 2002. In English, it was ...

** Greek drachma **

Irish pound The pound ( Irish: ) was the currency of the Republic of Ireland until 2002. Its ISO 4217 code was IEP, and the symbol was £ (or IR£ for distinction). The Irish pound was replaced by the euro on 1 January 1999. Euro currency did not begin c ...

** Italian lira **

Latvian lats The lats (plural: ''lati'' or ''latu'' (if the number can be divided by 10), ISO 4217 currency code: LVL or 428) was the currency of Latvia from 1922 until 1940 and from 1993 until it was replaced by the euro on 1 January 2014. A two-week tran ...

** Lithuanian litas **

Luxembourgish franc The Luxembourg franc (''F'' or ISO ''LUF'', lb, Frang), subdivided into 100 centimes, was the currency of Luxembourg between 1854 and 2002, except in 1941–44. In 1944–2002, its value was equal to that of the Belgian franc. The franc remain ...

** Maltese lira **

Monégasque franc The franc (unofficially MCF) was the official currency of the Principality of Monaco until 1995 (''de facto'', 1996 ''de jure''), when it changed to the French franc. The franc was subdivided into 100 ''centimes'' or 10 ''décimes''. The Monéga ...

Portuguese escudo The Portuguese escudo was the currency of Portugal from May 22nd 1911 until the introduction of the euro on January 1st 2002. The escudo was subdivided into 100 . The word derives from the scutum shield. Amounts in escudos were written as ...

Sammarinese lira The lira (plural ''lire''; abbreviation: SML) was the currency of San Marino from the 1860s until it was replaced by the euro on 1 January 2002. It was equivalent and pegged to the Italian lira. Italian coins and banknotes and Vatican City coins ...

Slovak koruna The Slovak koruna or Slovak crown ( sk, slovenská koruna, literally meaning ''Slovak crown'') was the currency of Slovakia between 8 February 1993 and 31 December 2008, and could be used for cash payment until 16 January 2009. The ISO 4217 code w ...

Slovenian tolar The tolar was the currency of Slovenia from 8 October 1991 until the introduction of the euro on 1 January 2007. It was subdivided into 100 ''stotinov'' (cents). The ISO 4217 currency code for the Slovenian tolar was ''SIT''. From October 1991 u ...

** Spanish peseta ** Vatican lira *

Akçe The ''akçe'' or ''akça'' (also spelled ''akche'', ''akcheh''; ota, آقچه; ) refers to a silver coin which was the chief monetary unit of the Ottoman Empire. The word itself evolved from the word "silver or silver money", this word is deri ...

*Daler ** Rigsdaler - Denmark and Norway **

Rijksdaalder The ''rijksdaalder'' ( Dutch, "Imperial dollar") was a Dutch coin first issued by the Republic of the Seven United Netherlands in the late 16th century during the Dutch Revolt which featured an armored half bust of William the Silent. It was t ...

- Netherlands **

Riksdaler The svenska riksdaler () was the name of a Swedish coin first minted in 1604. Between 1777 and 1873, it was the currency of Sweden. The daler, like the dollar,''National Geographic''. June 2002. p. 1. ''Ask Us''. was named after the German Thale ...

- Sweden **

Speciedaler The rigsdaler specie was a unit of silver currency used in Norway, renamed as the speciedaler in 1816 and used until 1873. Norway used a common reichsthaler currency system shared with Denmark, Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein until 1873 when the go ...

- Norway *

Bosnia and Herzegovina dinar The Bosnia and Herzegovina dinar was the independent currency of Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina between 1992 and 1998. History Bosnia and Herzegovina declared independence from Yugoslavia in March 1992. The first Bosnian dinar was issued in ...

Croatian dinar The dinar was the currency of Croatia between 23 December 1991 and 30 May 1994. The ISO 4217 code was . History The Croatian dinar replaced the 1990 version of the Yugoslav dinar at par. It was a transitional currency introduced following Croati ...

Yugoslav dinar The dinar (Cyrillic script: динар) was the currency of the three Yugoslav states: the Kingdom of Yugoslavia (formerly the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes), the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, and the Federal Republic of Y ...

- former Yugoslavia *

Ducat The ducat () coin was used as a trade coin in Europe from the later Middle Ages from the 13th to 19th centuries. Its most familiar version, the gold ducat or sequin containing around of 98.6% fine gold, originated in Venice in 1284 and gained wi ...

- throughout Europe * Florin ** Florin -

Austria Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine states, one of which is the capital, Vienna, the most populous c ...

** Florin -

Aragon Aragon ( , ; Spanish and an, Aragón ; ca, Aragó ) is an autonomous community in Spain, coextensive with the medieval Kingdom of Aragon. In northeastern Spain, the Aragonese autonomous community comprises three provinces (from north to sou ...

** Florin - England ** Florin - Great Britain **

Double Florin The double florin, or four-shilling piece, was a British coin produced by the Royal Mint between 1887 and 1890. One of the shortest-lived of all British coin denominations, it was struck in only four years. Its obverse, designed by Joseph Boe ...

- Great Britain ** Florin - Italy and Italian city-states *Farthing - Great Britain (

Farthing (British coin) The British farthing (from Old English fēorðing, from fēorða, a fourth) abbreviated ''qua.'' (L. ''quadrans''), was a denomination of sterling coinage worth of one pound, of one shilling, or of one penny; initially minted in copper an ...

) and Ireland ( Farthing (Irish coin)) **

** Farthing (Irish coin) * Genovino -

Republic of Genoa The Republic of Genoa ( lij, Repúbrica de Zêna ; it, Repubblica di Genova; la, Res Publica Ianuensis) was a medieval and early modern maritime republic from the 11th century to 1797 in Liguria on the northwestern Italian coast. During the La ...

* Groat - Great Britain * Grzywna/Hryvnia ** Grzywna - throughout Eastern Europe **

Hryvnia The or ( ; uk, гривня , : ''hrn''; sign: ₴; code: UAH) has been the national currency of Ukraine since 2 September 1996. The hryvnia is divided into 100 . It is named after a measure of weight used in medieval Kievan Rus'. Name Ety ...

- Ukraine *

Gulden ''Gulden'' is the historical German and Dutch term for gold coin (from Middle High German "golden penny" and Middle Dutch " golden florin"), equivalent to the English term guilder. Gulden, Gülden, Guldens or Gulden's may also refer to: Coins ...

- Germany and

* Half crown - Great Britain *Halfpenny ** Halfpenny (Australian) - Australia ** Halfpenny (British pre-decimal coin) - Great Britain ** Halfpenny (Irish pre-decimal coin) - Republic of Ireland **

Halfpenny (Irish decimal coin) The decimal halfpenny (p) ( ga, leathphingin) coin was the smallest denomination of the Irish pound. It was first issued when the Irish currency was decimalised on Decimal Day, 15 February 1971. It was one of three new designs introduced all in b ...

- Republic of Ireland ** Halfpenny (New Zealand) - New Zealand **Scottish coinage#List of Scottish coins, Halfpenny (Scotland) - Scotland *Koruna **Czechoslovak koruna **Bohemian and Moravian koruna *Leu **Romanian leu **Moldovan leu *

**Neapolitan lira **Turkish lira **Venetian lira *Livre **French livre **Luxembourgian livre *Ukrainian karbovanets, Karbovanets - Ukraine *Hungarian korona, Korona - Hungary *Mark (currency), Mark **East German mark, Mark - German Democratic Republic **Estonian mark **German gold mark, Goldmark - German Empire, German Reich **German ostmark, Ostmark - Ober Ost, German occupied Eastern Europe, eastern Europe **Papiermark - German Empire, German Reich **Reichsmark - Weimar Republic, German Reich **German Rentenmark, Rentenmark - Weimar Republic, German Reich **Polish mark, Mark - Poland *Hungarian pengő, Pengő - Hungary *Perper ** Ragusan perpera, Ragusian (Dubrovnik) perpera ** Serbian perper ** Montenegrin perper *Montenegrin perun, Perun *Qirsh *Shilling - Great Britain and others *Sixpence - Sixpence (British coin), Great Britain and Sixpence (Irish coin), Ireland *Spanish peso, Peso - Spain *Real **Spanish real (plural reales) **Portuguese real (plural réis) **Gibraltar real *Soviet rouble, Rouble - former Soviet Union *Latvian rouble, Rublis - Latvia *Scudo **Italian scudo - Lombardy-Venetia, Modena and Papal States **Maltese scudo *Spesmilo *Lithuanian talonas, Talonas - Lithuania *Thaler - Germany,

, Hungary **Conventionsthaler **Reichsthaler **Vereinsthaler *Threepence (British coin), Threepence - Great Britain **Threepence (Australian) **Threepence (British coin) **Threepence (Irish coin) *Złoty **Polish złoty (Poland)

Transcaucasia

*Georgian abazi, Abazi - Georgia (country), Georgia *Rouble **Armenian rouble **Azerbaijani rouble **Georgian rouble **Transcaucasian rouble

International

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