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The first guinea was produced on 6 February 1663 (361 years ago) (); a proclamation of 27 March 1663 made the coins legal currency.One troy pound of 11 ⁄ 12 (0.9133) [citation needed] fine gold (22 carat or 0.9167 pure by weight) would make 44 + 1 ⁄ 2 guineas, [5] each thus theoretically weighing 129.438 grains (8.385 grams crown gold, 7.688 grams fine gold, or 0.247191011 ozt (troy ounces ...
The Guinean franc was reintroduced as Guinea's currency in 1985, at par with the syli. The coins came in denominations of 1, 5 and 10 francs made of brass clad steel, with brass 25 francs (1987) and cupronickel 50 francs (1994) added later. Banknotes were first issued in denominations of 25, 50, 100, 500, 1000 and 5000 francs.
Five pounds: 100/-£5: 1826–1990. Gold. Five guineas: originally 100/-, later 105/-originally £5, later £5.25: 1668–1753. Originally known and valued as five pounds, but became five guineas when the guinea was standardised at one pound and one shilling in 1717.
100 Guinea: Guinean franc: Fr GNF Centime: 100 Guinea-Bissau: West African CFA franc: F.CFA XOF Centime: 100 Guyana: Guyanese dollar $ GYD Cent: 100 Haiti: Haitian gourde: G HTG Centime: 100 Honduras: Honduran lempira: L HNL Centavo: 100 Hong Kong: Hong Kong dollar $ HKD Cent: 100 Hungary: Hungarian forint: Ft HUF Fillér: 100 Iceland ...
Saint Pierre and Miquelon franc – Saint Pierre and Miquelon; Swiss franc – Switzerland, Liechtenstein; Togolese franc – Togo; Tunisian franc – Tunisia; US occupation franc – France (issued and used by Allied soldiers, never backed by any government) West African CFA franc – Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire, Guinea-Bissau, Mali ...
The former Portuguese colony of Guinea-Bissau adopted the CFA franc in 1997, [7] replacing the Guinea-Bissau peso at a rate of 1 CFA franc = 65 pesos. The currency was pegged to the French franc at F.CFA 1 = F 2, from 1948, becoming 1 F.CFA = NF 0.02 after introduction of the new franc at 1 new franc = 100 old francs. In 1994 the currency was ...
Equatorial Guinea Gabon: XOF CFA Benin Burkina Faso Guinea-Bissau Côte d'Ivoire Mali Niger Senegal Togo: Comorian franc: KMF FC Comoros: Congolese franc: CDF FC Democratic Republic of the Congo: Djiboutian franc: DJF Fdj Djibouti: Egyptian pound: EGP LE (Latin) ج.م (Egyptian Arabic) Egypt: Eritrean nakfa: ERN Nkf (Latin script) ናቕፋ (Ge ...
Comorian franc: Central Bank of the Comoros: 1 EUR = 491.96775 francs Democratic Republic of the Congo: Congolese franc: Central Bank of the Congo Djibouti: Djiboutian franc: Central Bank of Djibouti: US$1 = 177.721 francs Egypt: Egyptian pound: Central Bank of Egypt Eritrea: Eritrean nakfa: Bank of Eritrea: US$1 = 15 nakfa Ethiopia: Ethiopian birr