Monthly Archives: September 2009

Utd. Arab Emir Dirham AED

The dirham is the currency of United Arab Emirates.  The ISO 4217 code for the United Arab Emirates dirham is AED. The symbol for the currency of dirham is given as AED. The local representation of the currency is DH or Dhs. The dirham is further subdivided into 100 fils. The currency of United Arab [...]

Azerbaijan Manat AZM history

The Manat is the legal tender of Azerbaijan.  The ISO 4217 code of the second manat is AZM.  100 qəpik makes one Manat. Manat is also used to represent the Soviet Ruble in Azerbaijani and Turkmen languages.  The term manta is borrowed from the Russian term maneta, which means money. The manat can be represented [...]

Algerian Dinar DZD history

The currency of Algeria is Algerian Dinar.  It is abbreviated as DZD or DA.  The symbol for DZD can be scripted as DA. The Algerian Dinar is subdivided into 100 Santeem. Roman denarius led to the derivation of the term dinar.  Algerian New Franc was in usage prior to the introduction of at par Algerian [...]

Iceland Krona ISK history

The Iceland króna is the legal tender of Iceland.  The meaning of krona is “crown”, is linked to that of other Nordic legal tenders such as the Swedish krona and Norwegian krone. 1Krona = 100 aurar.. The ISO 4217 code for the Iceland Krona is ISK. It is represented by the symbol kr and also [...]

Barbados Dollar BBD history

The Barbados dollar is the currency for Barbados from the year 1982.  The ISO 4217 code is BBD and it is abbreviated as $; however, to avoid confusion with other currencies in the world it is represented as Bds$.  100 cents makes one Barbados dollar. The first paper notes issued for the Barbados dollars was [...]

Uzbekistan Som UZS

The Uzbekistan Som is the legal tender of Uzbekistan in Central Asia. The ISO 4217 code Uzbekistan Som is UZS. The inflation for Uzbekistan Som is 7.6% in 2006. one Uzbekistan Som = 100 tiyin. The central bank for Uzbekistan Som is Central Bank of the Republic of Uzbekistan. Similar to other nations of the [...]

Swiss Franc CHF

The National currency of Switzerland is Swiss Franc. The symbol is CHF, Fr., SFr. (old).  One Franc is divided into 100 Rappen (German), centime (French), centesimo (Italian), and rap (Romansh). The ISO 4217 code is CHF. The coins in current use are 5, 10, 20 centimes, 1/2, 1, 2, and 5 francs. The currency notes [...]