The Tunisian duro, also known as the dourou, a contraction of the French , is the common name of the small silver
coin
A coin is a small, flat (usually depending on the country or value), round piece of metal or plastic used primarily as a medium of exchange or legal tender. They are standardized in weight, and produced in large quantities at a mint in order t ...
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n currency. The value of the coin is five millimes or 0.005 of a
Tunisian dinar
The dinar ( ar, دينار, french: Dinar, ISO 4217 currency code: ''TND'') is the currency of Tunisia. It is subdivided into 1000 milim or millimes (). The abbreviation ''DT'' is often used in Tunisia, although writing "dinar" after the amount i ...
, and is the smallest denomination currently being minted (smaller 1 and 2 millime coins are no longer issued).
References
Economy of Tunisia
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