This is a list of historical currencies.

Greece

* Aeginian stater (gold) * Corinthian stater (silver) * Aurous * Athenian drachma (silver) *

Stater The stater (; grc, , , statḗr, weight) was an ancient coin used in various regions of Ancient Greece, Greece. The term is also used for similar coins, imitating Greek staters, minted elsewhere in ancient Europe. History The stater, as a Gr ...

(silver) *

Tetradrachm The tetradrachm ( grc-gre, τετράδραχμον, tetrádrachmon) was a large silver coin that originated in Ancient Greece. It was nominally equivalent to four Greek drachma, drachmae. Over time the tetradrachm effectively became the standard ...

(silver) *

Drachma The drachma ( el, δραχμή , ; pl. ''drachmae'' or ''drachmas'') was the currency used in Greece during several periods in its history: # An ancient Greek currency unit issued by many Greek city states during a period of ten centuries, fro ...

(silver) ** Alexandrian coinage ** Ptolemaic coinage **

Seleucid coinage The coinage of the Seleucid Empire is based on the coins of Alexander the Great, which in turn were based on Athenian coinage of the Attic weight. Many mints and different issues are defined, with mainly base and silver coinage being in abundanc ...

** Bactrian coinage

Ancient
Lebanon Lebanon ( , ar, لُبْنَان, translit=lubnān, ), officially the Republic of Lebanon () or the Lebanese Republic, is a country in Western Asia. It is located between Syria to the north and east and Israel to the south, while Cyprus li ...

Tyrian shekel Tyrian shekels, tetradrachms, or tetradrachmas were coins of Tyre, Lebanon, 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 Th ...

Ancient
Lydia Lydia (Lydian language, Lydian: ‎𐤮𐤱𐤠𐤭𐤣𐤠, ''Śfarda''; Aramaic: ''Lydia''; el, Λυδία, ''Lȳdíā''; tr, Lidya) was an Iron Age Monarchy, kingdom of western Asia Minor located generally east of ancient Ionia in the mod ...

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electrum Electrum is a naturally occurring alloy of gold and silver, with trace amounts of copper and other metals. Its color ranges from pale to bright yellow, depending on the proportions of gold and silver. It has been produced artificially, and ...

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

Lydian coin Lydian may refer to: * Lydians, an ancient people of Anatolia * Lydian language, an ancient Anatolian language * Lydian alphabet ** Lydian (Unicode block) * Lydian (typeface), a decorative typeface * Lydian dominant scale or acoustic scale, a music ...

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 b ...

(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 The Sasanian () or Sassanid Empire, officially known as the Empire of Iranians (, ) and also referred to by historians as the Neo-Persian Empire, was the last Iranian empire before the early Muslim conquests of the 7th-8th centuries AD. Named ...

** 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 The ''argenteus'' ( ''argentei'', 'of silver') was a silver coin produced by the Roman Empire from the time of Diocletian's coinage reform in AD 294 to ca. AD 310. It was of similar weight and fineness to the denarius of the time of Nero. The c ...

(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 cent ...

(gold) *

Denarius The denarius (, dēnāriī ) was the standard Roman silver coin from its introduction in the Second Punic War to the reign of Gordian III (AD 238–244), when it was gradually replaced by the antoninianus. It continued to be minted in very ...

(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 time ...

(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 Rome, ancient Roman Roman currency, coin. During the Roman Republic it was a small, silver coin issued only on rare occasions. During the Roman Empire it w ...

(bronze) *

Solidus Solidus (Latin for "solid") may refer to: * Solidus (coin), a Roman coin of nearly solid gold * Solidus (punctuation), or slash, a punctuation mark * Solidus (chemistry), the line on a phase diagram below which a substance is completely solid * S ...

(gold) * Talent (silver, gold) *

Tremissis The tremissis or tremis (Byzantine Greek, Greek: τριμίσιον, ''trimision'') was a small solid gold coin of Late Antiquity. Its name, meaning "a third of a unit", formed by analogy with semissis (half of a unit), indicated its value rela ...

(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, denomi ...

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, de ...

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 ...

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 (22karat), while most of today's gold bullion coins are pure gold, such as the Britannia, Canadian Maple Leaf, and American Buffa ...

Silver coin Silver coins are considered the oldest mass-produced form of coinage. Silver has been used as a coinage metal since the times of the Greeks; their silver drachmas were popular trade coins. The ancient Persians used silver coins between 612–330 ...

Écu The term ''écu'' () may refer to one of several French coins. The first ''écu'' was a gold coin (the ''écu d'or'') minted during the reign of Louis IX of France, in 1266. The value of the ''écu'' varied considerably over time, and silver co ...

Florin The Florentine florin was a gold coin struck from 1252 to 1533 with no significant change in its design or metal content standard during that time. It had 54 grains (3.499 grams, 0.113 troy ounce) of nominally pure or 'fine' gold with a purcha ...

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 Herodian coinage were coins minted and issued by the Herodian Dynasty, Jews of Idumean descent who ruled the province of Judaea between 37 BC–92 AD. The dynasty was founded by Herod the Great who was the son of Antipater, a powerful officia ...

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 Coponius ...

First Jewish Revolt coinage First Jewish Revolt coinage was issued by the Jews after the Zealots captured Jerusalem and the Jewish Temple from the Romans in 66 CE at the beginning of the First Jewish Revolt. The Jewish leaders of the revolt minted their own coins to emp ...

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 *

Dram Dynamic random-access memory (dynamic RAM or DRAM) is a type of random-access semiconductor memory that stores each bit of data in a memory cell, usually consisting of a tiny capacitor and a transistor, both typically based on metal-oxid ...

* P'ogh * Kartez * Tagvorin

Africa

Ajuran currency Ajuran currency was an old coinage system minted in the Ajuran Sultanate. The polity was a Somali people, Somali Muslim kingdom that ruled over large parts of the Horn of Africa during the Middle Ages.Lee V. Cassanelli, ''The shaping of Somali socie ...

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 Dollar is the name of more than 20 currencies. They include the Australian dollar, Brunei dollar, Canadian dollar, Hong Kong dollar, Jamaican dollar, Liberian dollar, Namibian dollar, New Taiwan dollar, New Zealand dollar, Singapore dollar, U ...

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'' successor state to the British colony of S ...

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 Sudan ( or ; ar, السودان, as-Sūdān, officially the Republic of the Sudan ( ar, جمهورية السودان, link=no, Jumhūriyyat as-Sūdān), is a country in Northeast Africa. It shares borders with the Central African Republic t ...

* 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 The escudo was the currency of Mozambique from 1914 until 1980. It was subdivided into 100 ''centavos''. History The escudo replaced the real at a rate of 1 escudo = 1000 réis. It was equal in value to the Portuguese escudo until 1977. Initial ...

Portuguese Guinean escudo The escudo was the currency of Portuguese Guinea between 1914 and 1975. It was equal to the Portuguese escudo and replaced the real at a rate of 1000 réis = 1 escudo. The escudo was subdivided into 100 ''centavos''. Portugal issued banknotes (st ...

São Tomé and Príncipe escudo The escudo was the currency of São Tomé and Príncipe between 1914 and 1977. It was equivalent to the Portuguese escudo and subdivided into 100 centavos. History The escudo replaced the real at a rate of 1000 réis = 1 escudo. Initially, only ...

* Fanery -

Madagascar Madagascar (; mg, Madagasikara, ), officially the Republic of Madagascar ( mg, Repoblikan'i Madagasikara, links=no, ; french: République de Madagascar), is an island country in the Indian Ocean, approximately off the coast of East Africa ...

Kenya ) , national_anthem = "Ee Mungu Nguvu Yetu"() , image_map = , map_caption = , image_map2 = , capital = Nairobi , coordinates = , largest_city = Nairobi , ...

Somalia Somalia, , Osmanya script: 𐒈𐒝𐒑𐒛𐒐𐒘𐒕𐒖; ar, الصومال, aṣ-Ṣūmāl officially the Federal Republic of SomaliaThe ''Federal Republic of Somalia'' is the country's name per Article 1 of thProvisional Constituti ...

Tanzania Tanzania (; ), officially the United Republic of Tanzania ( sw, Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania), is a country in East Africa within the African Great Lakes region. It borders Uganda to the north; Kenya to the northeast; Comoro Islands and ...

and

Uganda }), is a landlocked country in East Africa East Africa, Eastern Africa, or East of Africa, is the eastern subregion of the African continent. In the United Nations Statistics Division scheme of geographic regions, 10-11-(16*) territor ...

Franc The franc is any of various units of currency. One franc is typically divided into 100 centimes. The name is said to derive from the Latin inscription ''francorum rex'' (Style of the French sovereign, King of the Franks) used on early France, ...

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 1 ...

** French Camerounian franc **

Moroccan franc The franc ( ar, فرنك) was the currency of French Morocco from 1921. It became the currency of all Morocco in 1957 and circulated until 1974. It was divided into 100 centimes (Arabic: سنتيم). History Before the first World War, the Morocca ...

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''. H ...

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 Zaire (, ), officially the Republic of Zaire (french: République du Zaïre, link=no, ), was a Congolese state from 1971 to 1997 in Central Africa that was previously and is now again known as the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Zaire was, ...

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 Israe ...

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 between 1925 and 1926. Data The "Italian Somali Lira" replaced the Italian Somaliland rupia at ...

** Tripolitanian lira * Metica -

Mozambique Mozambique (), officially the Republic of Mozambique ( pt, Moçambique or , ; ny, Mozambiki; sw, Msumbiji; ts, Muzambhiki), is a country located in southeastern Africa bordered by the Indian Ocean to the east, Tanzania to the north, Malawi ...

* 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 Dollar sign, same sign, "$", as many currencies na ...

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 ** British West African pound -

Cameroon Cameroon (; french: Cameroun, ff, Kamerun), officially the Republic of Cameroon (french: République du Cameroun, links=no), is a country in west-central Africa. It is bordered by Nigeria to the west and north; Chad to the northeast; the C ...

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 Ghana (; tw, Gaana, ee, Gana), officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa. It abuts the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean to the south, sharing borders with Ivory Coast in the west, Burkina Faso in the north, and To ...

Nigeria Nigeria ( ), , ig, Naìjíríyà, yo, Nàìjíríà, pcm, Naijá , ff, Naajeeriya, kcg, Naijeriya officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. It is situated between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf o ...

and

Sierra Leone Sierra Leone,)]. officially the Republic of Sierra Leone, is a country on the southwest coast of West Africa. It is bordered by Liberia to the southeast and Guinea surrounds the northern half of the nation. Covering a total area of , Sierra ...

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 ' ...

** Libyan pound **

Malawian pound The pound was the currency of Malawi until 1971. From 1932, Malawi (then known as Nyasaland) used the Southern Rhodesian pound. In 1955, a new currency was introduced, the Rhodesia and Nyasaland pound. This was replaced by the Malawian pound in 1 ...

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 (whi ...

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 The pound was the currency of Zambia from independence in 1964 until decimalization on January 16, 1968. It was subdivided into 20 ''shillings'', each of 12 ''pence''. History The Zambian pound replaced the Rhodesia and Nyasaland pound at par. I ...

Rial Rial, riyal, or RIAL may refer to: * Rial (surname), a surname (and list of people with the name) * Royal Institution for the Advancement of Learning, McGill University * Rial Racing, a former German Formula One team Various currencies named rial ...

Morocco Morocco (),, ) officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is the westernmost country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It overlooks the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and has land borders with Algeria to ...

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, B ...

Kenya ) , national_anthem = "Ee Mungu Nguvu Yetu"() , image_map = , map_caption = , image_map2 = , capital = Nairobi , coordinates = , largest_city = Nairobi , ...

and

Shilling The shilling is a historical coin, and the name of a unit of modern currencies formerly used in the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, other British Commonwealth countries and Ireland, where they were generally equivalent to 12 pence o ...

Kenya ) , national_anthem = "Ee Mungu Nguvu Yetu"() , image_map = , map_caption = , image_map2 = , capital = Nairobi , coordinates = , largest_city = Nairobi , ...

and

* Syli -

Guinea Guinea ( ),, fuf, 𞤘𞤭𞤲𞤫, italic=no, Gine, wo, Gine, nqo, ߖߌ߬ߣߍ߫, bm, Gine officially the Republic of Guinea (french: République de Guinée), is a coastal country in West Africa. It borders the Atlantic Ocean to the we ...

Americas

Pre-colonial

* Axe-money - Western Mesoamerica and Northern Andes *

Cocoa bean The cocoa bean (technically cocoa seed) or simply cocoa (), also called the cacao bean (technically cacao seed) or cacao (), is the dried and fully fermented seed of ''Theobroma cacao'', from which cocoa solids (a mixture of nonfat substances ...

- Mesoamerica * copper -

Ojibway The Ojibwe, Ojibwa, Chippewa, or Saulteaux are an Anishinaabe people in what is currently southern Canada, the northern Midwestern United States, and Northern Plains. According to the U.S. census, in the United States Ojibwe people are one of ...

Cotton fabric Cotton is a soft, fluffy staple fiber that grows in a boll, or protective case, around the seeds of the cotton plants of the genus ''Gossypium'' in the mallow family Malvaceae. The fiber is almost pure cellulose, and can contain minor perce ...

- Mesoamerica

Post-contact

* Austral -

Argentina Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in the southern half of South America. Argentina covers an area of , making it the second-largest country in South America after Brazil, th ...

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 The cruzado was the currency of Brazil from 1986 to 1989. It replaced the second cruzeiro (at first called the "cruzeiro novo") in 1986, at a rate of 1 cruzado = 1000 cruzeiros (novos) and was replaced in 1989 by the cruzado novo at a rate of ...

Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...

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 INTI International University & Colleges are private university colleges located in Malaysia. The main campus was initially known as INTI University College until 31 May 2010 when the Higher Education Ministry announced its upgrade to universi ...

Peru , image_flag = Flag of Peru.svg , image_coat = Escudo nacional del Perú.svg , other_symbol = Great Seal of the State , other_symbol_type = Seal (emblem), National seal , national_motto = "Fi ...

Bolivian peso The peso boliviano (ISO 4217 code: ) was the currency of Bolivia from January 1, 1963, until December 31, 1986. It was replaced by the boliviano. It was divided into 100 ''centavos''. The conversion rate was 1,000,000 pesos bolivianos to 1 boliv ...

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 Republi ...

Dominican peso ' ( en, Dominican peso) has been the name of the currency of the Dominican Republic ( es, República Dominicana) since 2011. Its Currency symbol, symbol is "Dollar sign, $", with "RD$" used when distinction from other pesos (or dollars) is requi ...

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 ...

** Honduran peso **

Nicaraguan peso The peso was the currency of Nicaragua between 1878 and 1912. It was Nicaragua's first national currency, replacing the Central American Republic real The real was the currency of the Federal Republic of Central America from 1824 to 1838/1841. ...

** Paraguayan peso * Scudo -

Bolivia , image_flag = Bandera de Bolivia (Estado).svg , flag_alt = Horizontal tricolor (red, yellow, and green from top to bottom) with the coat of arms of Bolivia in the center , flag_alt2 = 7 × 7 square p ...

Sucre Sucre () is the Capital city, capital of Bolivia, the capital of the Chuquisaca Department and the List of cities in Bolivia, 6th most populated city in Bolivia. Located in the south-central part of the country, Sucre lies at an elevation of . T ...

Ecuador Ecuador ( ; ; Quechua: ''Ikwayur''; Shuar: ''Ecuador'' or ''Ekuatur''), officially the Republic of Ecuador ( es, República del Ecuador, which literally translates as "Republic of the Equator"; Quechua: ''Ikwadur Ripuwlika''; Shuar: ''Eku ...

Canada

* 5-sol French coin and silver coins -

New France New France (french: Nouvelle-France) was the area colonized by France in North America, beginning with the exploration of the Gulf of Saint Lawrence by Jacques Cartier in 1534 and ending with the cession of New France to Great Britain and Spai ...

* Spanish-American coins- unofficial *

Playing cards A playing card is a piece of specially prepared card stock, heavy paper, thin cardboard, plastic-coated paper, cotton-paper blend, or thin plastic that is marked with distinguishing motifs. Often the front (face) and back of each card has a fi ...

- 1685-1760s, sometimes officially

* 15 and a 30-deniers coin known as the mousquetaire - early 17th Century New France * Gold Louis - 1720

* Sol and Double Sol 1738-1764 * English coins early 19th Century * Tokens and Army Bills - War of 1812 * British

Shinplaster Shinplaster was paper money of low denomination, typically less than one dollar, circulating widely in the economies of the 19th century where there was a shortage of circulating coinage. The shortage of circulating coins was primarily due t ...

1870s * United States silver coins 1868-1869

Caribbean

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 ...

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 d ...

Jamaican pound The pound was the official currency of Jamaica between 1840 and 1969. It circulated as a mixture of sterling coinage and locally issued coins and banknotes and was always equal to the pound sterling. The Jamaican pound was also used in the Caym ...

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 The real was a currency of Mexico, issued until 1897. There were 16 silver reales to 1 gold escudo, with 8 '' tlacos'' to the real. The peso, which circulated alongside the real and eventually replaced it, was equal to 8 reales. The first reale ...

*Original

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

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

Asia

China

* Un chau -

China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...

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 Zh ...

Zhou Dynasty The Zhou dynasty ( ; Old Chinese ( B&S): *''tiw'') was a royal dynasty of China that followed the Shang dynasty. Having lasted 789 years, the Zhou dynasty was the longest dynastic regime in Chinese history. The military control of China by th ...

* Ant nose coin -

Chu (state) Chu, or Ch'u in Wade–Giles romanization, (, Hanyu Pinyin: Chǔ, Old Chinese: ''*s-r̥aʔ'') was a Zhou dynasty vassal state. Their first ruler was King Wu of Chu in the early 8th century BCE. Chu was located in the south of the Zhou he ...

* Ying Yuan -

Sycee A sycee (;.. from Cantonese , , ). or yuanbao () was a type of gold and silver ingot currency used in imperial China from its founding under the Qin dynasty until the fall of the Qing in the 20th century. Sycee were not made by a central ban ...

Qin Dynasty The Qin dynasty ( ; zh, c=秦朝, p=Qín cháo, w=), or Ch'in dynasty in Wade–Giles romanization ( zh, c=, p=, w=Ch'in ch'ao), was the first Dynasties in Chinese history, dynasty of Imperial China. Named for its heartland in Qin (state), ...

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 ...

Spade money Spade money () was an early form of coin and commodity money used during the Zhou dynasty of China (1045 to 256 BC). Spade money was shaped like a spade or weeding tool, but the thin blade and small sizes of spade money indicate that it had no ...

Xin Dynasty The Xin dynasty (; ), also known as Xin Mang () in Chinese historiography, was a short-lived Chinese imperial dynasty which lasted from 9 to 23 AD, established by the Han dynasty consort kin Wang Mang, who usurped the throne of the Emperor Ping o ...

Jiaozi (currency) Jiaozi () was a form of promissory note which appeared around the 11th century in the Sichuan capital of Chengdu, China. Numismatists regard it as the first paper money in history, a development of the Chinese Song Dynasty (960–1279 CE). Ea ...

Song Dynasty The Song dynasty (; ; 960–1279) was an imperial dynasty of China that began in 960 and lasted until 1279. The dynasty was founded by Emperor Taizu of Song following his usurpation of the throne of the Later Zhou. The Song conquered the rest ...

Guanzi (currency) The guanzi (), was a Song dynasty era form of paper money that served as promissory notes that could be traded for goods and services where the seller that received these notes could go to an issuing agency and redeem the note for strings of coin ...

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 t ...

Southern Song Dynasty The Song dynasty (; ; 960–1279) was an imperial dynasty of China that began in 960 and lasted until 1279. The dynasty was founded by Emperor Taizu of Song following his usurpation of the throne of the Later Zhou. The Song conquered the rest ...

Cash In economics, cash is money in the physical form of currency, such as banknotes and coins. In bookkeeping and financial accounting, cash is current assets comprising currency or currency equivalents that can be accessed immediately or near-imm ...

* Customs gold unit -

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 Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the nort ...

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 dollar ...

Iran

* Qiran -

Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni ...

Achaemenid currency The Achaemenid Empire or Achaemenian Empire (; peo, 𐎧𐏁𐏂, , ), also called the First Persian Empire, was an ancient Iranian empire founded by Cyrus the Great in 550 BC. Based in Western Asia, it was contemporarily the largest em ...

*Elymais -

Japan

*Ryō (Japanese coin), Ryō *Japanese mon (currency), Mon *Wadōkaichin, Japanese cash *Gold plates **Ōban **Koban (coin), Koban **Ichibuban *Japanese Yen, Yen **Japanese military yen, Military yen **Japanese invasion money, Invasion money **B yen

Korean

*South Korean hwan, Hwan - Korea *Korean mun, Mun *Korean yang, Yang *Korean won, Imperial Won *Korean yen, yen - Korea

Malaya

* Tin Animal Money * Tin ingot * Sumatran dudu * Brunei pitis * British North Borneo dollar * Malayan dollar * Malaya and British Borneo dollar - British Malaya, Malaya, Singapore, Sarawak, British North Borneo and Brunei * Sarawak dollar * Straits dollar - Straits Settlements * Sumatran dollar

History of Philippine money, Philippines

*Gold Coinages **Piloncitos **Barter rings *Silver Coinage ** ''Silver, Hilis Kalamay'' (Silver cobs) -Philippines ** Sampaloc Barillas **Spanish dollar, ''Dos Mundos'' * Sultanate of Sulu, Sulu coins- Philippines *Philippine Peso, Piso **Philippine peso fuerte **Emergency circulating notes, Guerilla pesos

Vietnam

*Vietnamese đồng, Đồng - Vietnam *South Vietnamese đồng, Xu - South Vietnam *Tael, lượng *Vietnamese cash, văn

Historical money of Tibet

*Tibetan skar *Tibetan srang *Tibetan tangka

India

*Hon and Shivrai of the Maratha Dynasty *Portuguese Indian escudo *Rupee **Hyderabadi rupee *Vijayanagara coinage

Other currencies

*Keping **Kelantan keping **Trengganu keping *

**Mongolian dollar *Baht - Thailand *

**Portuguese Timorese escudo *Kushan Coinage *Israeli lira, Lira - Israel *Nepalese mohar, Mohar - Nepal *Pound (currency), Pound **Israeli pound **Jordanian pound **Palestine pound *Tajikistani rouble, Rouble - Tajikistan **Bhutanese rupee **Burmese rupee **Gulf rupee - Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar and United Arab Emirates **Javan rupee

Oceania

* Pound **Australian pound **Fijian pound **New Zealand pound **Solomon Islands pound **Tongan pound **Western Samoan pound

Modern Europe

*European Currency Unit and 21 national currencies which were replaced by the euro: **Austrian schilling **Belgian franc **Cypriot pound **Dutch guilder **Estonian kroon **Finnish markka **French franc **Deutsche Mark, German mark **Greek drachma **Irish pound **Italian lira **Latvian lats **Lithuanian litas **Luxembourgish franc **Maltese lira **Monégasque franc **Portuguese escudo **Sammarinese lira **Slovak koruna **Slovenian tolar **Spanish peseta **Vatican lira *Akçe *Daler **Danish rigsdaler, Rigsdaler - Denmark and Norway **Dutch rijksdaalder, Rijksdaalder - Netherlands **Swedish riksdaler, Riksdaler - Sweden **Norwegian speciedaler, Speciedaler - Norway *Dinar **Bosnia and Herzegovina dinar **Croatian dinar **Yugoslav dinar - former Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Yugoslavia *Ducat - throughout Europe * Florin **Austrian florin, Florin - Austria **Florin (Aragonese coin), Florin - Aragon **Florin (English coin), Florin - England **Florin (British coin), Florin - Great Britain **Double florin (British coin), Double Florin - Great Britain **Florin (Italian coin), Florin - Italy and Italian city-states *Farthing - Great Britain (Farthing (British coin)) and Ireland (Farthing (Irish coin)) **Farthing (British coin) **Farthing (Irish coin) * Genovino - Republic of Genoa *Groat (coin), Groat - Great Britain * Grzywna/Hryvnia ** Grzywna (unit), Grzywna - throughout Eastern Europe ** Ukrainian hryvnia, Hryvnia - Ukraine *Gulden (historical denomination), Gulden - Germany and Austria *Half crown (British coin), 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) - Republic of Ireland **New Zealand pound#Coins, 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, Austria, 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

* Stelo, 1945–1993 monetary unit used by Esperantists. * Bitcoin, 2009–Present. Global decentralized peer-to-peer digital currency. {{Means of Exchange Currency lists, *historical Lists of former entities, Historical currencies

Greece

Ancient Lebanon Lebanon ( , ar, لُبْنَان, translit=lubnān, ), officially the Republic of Lebanon () or the Lebanese Republic, is a country in Western Asia. It is located between Syria to the north and east and Israel to the south, while Cyprus li ...

Ancient Lydia Lydia (Lydian language, Lydian: ‎𐤮𐤱𐤠𐤭𐤣𐤠, ''Śfarda''; Aramaic: ''Lydia''; el, Λυδία, ''Lȳdíā''; tr, Lidya) was an Iron Age Monarchy, kingdom of western Asia Minor located generally east of ancient Ionia in the mod ...

Ancient Persia

Ancient Rome

Ancient Europe

Ancient Israel

Ancient Armenia

Africa

Americas

Pre-colonial

Post-contact

Canada

Caribbean

Mexico

Asia

China

Taiwan

Iran

Japan

Korean

Malaya

History of Philippine money, Philippines

Vietnam

Historical money of Tibet

India

Other currencies

Oceania

Modern Europe

Transcaucasia

International

Ancient
Lebanon Lebanon ( , ar, لُبْنَان, translit=lubnān, ), officially the Republic of Lebanon () or the Lebanese Republic, is a country in Western Asia. It is located between Syria to the north and east and Israel to the south, while Cyprus li ...

Ancient
Lydia Lydia (Lydian language, Lydian: ‎𐤮𐤱𐤠𐤭𐤣𐤠, ''Śfarda''; Aramaic: ''Lydia''; el, Λυδία, ''Lȳdíā''; tr, Lidya) was an Iron Age Monarchy, kingdom of western Asia Minor located generally east of ancient Ionia in the mod ...