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  2. List of currencies in Africa - Wikipedia

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    Also, in many African currencies there have been episodes of rampant inflation, resulting in the need for currency revaluation (e.g. the Zimbabwe dollar). In some places there is a thriving street trade by unlicensed street traders in US dollars or other stable currencies, which are seen as a hedge against local inflation. The exchange rate is ...

  3. List of circulating currencies - Wikipedia

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    100 Indian rupee ₹ INR Paisa: 100 Netherlands [F] Euro € EUR Cent: 100 New Caledonia: CFP franc ₣ XPF Centime: 100 New Zealand: New Zealand dollar $ NZD Cent: 100 Nicaragua: Nicaraguan córdoba: C$ NIO Centavo: 100 Niger: West African CFA franc: F.CFA XOF Centime: 100 Nigeria: Nigerian naira ₦ NGN Kobo: 100 Niue: New Zealand dollar ...

  4. Pakistani rupee - Wikipedia

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    US dollar-Pakistani rupee exchange rate. Between 1948 and July 1955, the Pakistani rupee was effectively pegged to the U.S. dollar at approximately Rs.3/31 per U.S. dollar. Afterwards, this was changed to approximately Rs.4/76 per U.S. dollar, a devaluation of 30%, to match the Indian rupee's value. [30]

  5. Nigerian naira - Wikipedia

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    This also made Nigeria the last country in the world to abandon the £sd currency system in favour of a decimal currency system. There was a government plan to redenominate the naira at 100:1 in 2008, but the plan was suspended. The currency sign is U+20A6 ₦ NAIRA SIGN. The name "Naira" was coined from the word "Nigeria" by Obafemi Awolowo.

  6. List of historical currencies - Wikipedia

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    5-sol French coin and silver coins – New France Spanish-American coins- unofficial; Playing cards – 1685-1760s, sometimes officially New France; 15 and a 30-deniers coin known as the mousquetaire – early 17th century New France

  7. Decimalisation - Wikipedia

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    Decimalisation or decimalization (see spelling differences) is the conversion of a system of currency or of weights and measures to units related by powers of 10.. Most countries have decimalised their currencies, converting them from non-decimal sub-units to a decimal system, with one basic currency unit and sub-units that are valued relative to the basic unit by a power of 10, most commonly ...

  8. Non-decimal currency - Wikipedia

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    A British gold sovereign with a face value of £1. Prior to decimalisation on 15 February 1971, £1 was made up of 240 pence.. A non-decimal currency is a currency that has sub-units that are a non-decimal fraction of the main unit, i.e. the number of sub-units in a main unit is not a power of 10.

  9. Nigerian one-hundred-naira note - Wikipedia

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    The Nigerian one hundred-naira bill (₦100) is a denomination of Nigerian currency. The first Nigerian note with this value was issued in December 1999 and the Centenary version was launched in 2014. [ 1 ]