List of historical currencies

This is a list of historical currencies. == Ancient Mediterranean == === Greece === Aeginian stater (gold) Corinthian stater (silver) Aurous Athenian drachma (silver) Stater (silver) Tetradrachm (silver) Drachma (silver) OBOL (silver) Alexandrian coinage Ptolemaic coinage Seleucid coinage Bactrian coinage === Phoenicia === Tyrian shekel === Lydia === Stater (electrum and silver) Trite (coin) (electrum third of a stater) Hekte (electrum sixth of a stater) Lydian coin === Egypt (Dynasty 30) === Nefernub (Gold Stater) === Persia === Daric (gold) Sigloi (silver) Persian coinage Persis coinage Parthian coinage Sassanian coinage Elymais coinage === Carthage === Litra Shekel === Etruscan === As === Rome === Antoninianus Argenteus (silver) As (copper) Aureus (gold) Denarius (silver) Dupondius (bronze) Follis Sestertius (bronze) Solidus (gold) Talent (silver, gold) Tremissis (gold) Roman currency Roman Imperial currency Roman Republican currency === Israel === Ma'ah (silver) Prutah (bronze/copper) Yehud coinage Hashmonean coinage Herodian coinage Roman Procurator coinage First Jewish Revolt coinage Judaea Capta coinage Bar Kochba Revolt coinage Sheqel (silver) Zuz (silver) === Ancient Armenia === Dahekan Dang Dram P'ogh Kartez Tagvorin == Africa == Ajuran currency Aksumite currency Mogadishu currency Dollar Rhodesian dollar Sierra Leonean dollar Zimbabwean dollar Zimbabwean dollar (2019–2024) Dinar – Sudan Ekwele (Ekuele) – Equatorial Guinea Escudo Angolan escudo Mozambican escudo Portuguese Guinean escudo São Tomé and Príncipe escudo Florin – Kenya, Somalia, Tanzania and Uganda Franc Algerian franc French Camerounian franc Moroccan franc Malagasy franc Malian franc Katanga Cross – Zaire Lira Italian East African lira Italian Somaliland lira Tripolitanian lira Metica – Mozambique Peseta – Equatorial Guinea Peso – Guinea-Bissau Pound Biafran pound British West African pound – Cameroon, Gambia, Ghana, Nigeria and Sierra Leone Gambian pound Ghanaian pound Libyan pound Malawian pound Nigerian pound Rhodesian pound South African pound Zambian pound Rial – Morocco Rupee – Kenya, Somalia, Tanzania and Uganda Shilling – Kenya, Somalia, Tanzania and Uganda Syli – Guinea Zaire – Zaire == Americas == === Pre-colonial === Axe-money – Western Mesoamerica and Northern Andes Cocoa bean – Mesoamerica copper – Ojibway Cotton fabric – Mesoamerica === Post-contact === Austral – Argentina Continental – Colonial America Cruzeiro, Cruzado – Brazil Escudo – Chile Inti – Peru Peso Bolivian peso Costa Rican peso Dominican peso Guatemalan peso Honduran peso Nicaraguan peso Paraguayan peso Scudo – Bolivia Sucre – Ecuador ==== Canada and the United States ==== 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 Gold Louis – 1720 New France Sol and Double Sol 1738–1764 English coins early 19th century Tokens and Army Bills – War of 1812 British Shinplaster 1870s United States silver coins 1868–1869 Vermont copper 1785-1791 ==== Caribbean ==== Dollar Dominican dollar Grenadian dollar Pound Bahamian pound Bermudian pound Jamaican pound Netherlands Antillean guilder ==== Mexico ==== Mexican dollar Mexican real Original Mexican peso – replaced by the nuevo peso (MXN), now just called peso, in 1993 == Asia == === China === Un chau – China Knife money – Zhou dynasty Ant nose coin – Chu (state) Ying Yuan – Chu (state) Sycee – Qin dynasty Ban Liang – Qin dynasty Spade money – Zhou dynasty, Xin dynasty Jiaozi (currency) – Song dynasty Guanzi (currency) – Song dynasty Huizi (currency) – Southern Song dynasty Cash – China Customs gold unit – China === India === Hon and Shivrai of the Maratha dynasty Portuguese Indian rupia Portuguese Indian escudo French Indian rupee Travancore Rupee Rupee Hyderabadi rupee Vijayanagara coinage === Indonesia === Sumatran dollar Javan rupee Oeang Republik Indonesia (ORI) === Iran === Qiran – Iran Achaemenid currency – Iran Elymais – Iran === Israel === Palestine pound – Mandate for Palestine Israeli pound (or Lira) – Israel Old Israeli Shekel – Israel === Japan === Ryō Mon Japanese cash Gold plates Ōban Koban Ichibuban Yen Military yen Invasion money B yen === Korean === Hwan – Korea Mun Yang Imperial Won yen – Korea === Malaya === Tin Animal Money Tin ingot Sumatran dudu Brunei pitis British North Borneo dollar Malayan dollar Malaya and British Borneo dollar – Malaya, Singapore, Sarawak, British North Borneo and Brunei Sarawak dollar Straits dollar – Straits Settlements === Philippines === Gold Coinages Piloncitos Barter rings Silver Coinage Hilis Kalamay (Silver cobs) -Philippines Sampaloc Barillas Dos Mundos Sulu coins- Philippines Piso Philippine peso fuerte Guerilla pesos === Taiwan === Yen – Taiwan Old Taiwan dollar === Tibet === Tibetan skar Tibetan srang Tibetan tangka === Vietnam === Đồng – Vietnam Xu – South Vietnam lượng văn === Other currencies === Keping Kelantan keping Trengganu keping Dollar Mongolian dollar Baht – Thailand Escudo Portuguese Timorese escudo Kushan Coinage Mohar – Nepal Pound Jordanian pound Palestine pound Rouble – Tajikistan Bhutanese rupee Burmese rupee Gulf rupee – Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar and United Arab Emirates == Oceania == Pound Australian pound Fijian pound New Zealand pound Solomon Islands pound Tongan pound Western Samoan pound Rai stones – Yap == Europe == === Currencies replaced by the euro === European Currency Unit and 24 national currencies which were replaced by the euro: Austrian schilling Belgian franc Bulgarian lev Croatian kuna Cypriot pound Dutch guilder Estonian kroon Finnish markka French franc 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 === Other historical currencies === Akçe Daler Rigsdaler – Denmark and Norway Rijksdaalder – Netherlands Riksdaler – Sweden Speciedaler – Norway Dinar Bosnia and Herzegovina dinar Croatian dinar Serbian dinar Yugoslav dinar – former Yugoslavia Double - Bailiwick of Guernsey Ducat – throughout Europe Écu Florin Florin – Austria Florin – Aragon Florin – England Florin – Great Britain Double Florin – Great Britain 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 Gold coin Groat – Great Britain Grzywna/Hryvnia Grzywna – throughout Eastern Europe Hryvnia – Ukraine Gulden – Germany and Austria Half crown – Great Britain Halfpenny Halfpenny (Australian) – Australia Halfpenny (British pre-decimal coin) – Great Britain Halfpenny (Irish pre-decimal coin) – Ireland Halfpenny (Irish decimal coin) – Ireland Halfpenny (New Zealand) – New Zealand Halfpenny (Scotland) – Scotland Ilgasis – Kingdom of Lithuania Koruna Czechoslovak koruna Bohemian and Moravian koruna Slovak koruna (1939–1945) Leu Romanian leu Moldovan leu Libra jaquesa Lira Neapolitan lira Turkish lira Venetian lira Livre French livre Luxembourgian livre Karbovanets – Ukraine Korona – Hungary Mark East German mark – German Democratic Republic Estonian mark Goldmark – German Reich Ostmark – German occupied eastern Europe Papiermark – German Reich Reichsmark – German Reich Rentenmark – German Reich Mark – Poland Pengő – Hungary Perper Ragusian (Dubrovnik) perpera Serbian perper Montenegrin perper Perun Qirsh Shilling – Great Britain and others Sixpence – Great Britain and Ireland Peso – Spain Potin Real Spanish real (plural reales) Portuguese real (plural réis) Gibraltar real Rouble – former Soviet Union Rublis – Latvia Scudo Italian scudo – Lombardy-Venetia, Modena and Papal States Maltese scudo Silver coin Spesmilo Stater Talonas – Lithuania Thaler – Germany, Austria, Hungary Conventionsthaler Reichsthaler Vereinsthaler Threepence – Great Britain Threepence (Australian) Threepence (British coin) Threepence (Irish coin) Złoty Polish złoty (Poland) === South Caucasus === Abazi – Georgia Artsakh dram – Artsakh Rouble Armenian rouble Azerbaijani rouble Georgian rouble Transcaucasian rouble == International == Stelo, 1945–1993 monetary unit used by Esperantists.

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List of historical currencies

This is a list of historical currencies. == Ancient Mediterranean == === Greece === Aeginian stater (gold) Corinthian stater (silver) Aurous Athenian drachma (silver) Stater (silver) Tetradrachm (silver) Drachma (silver) OBOL (silver) Alexandrian coinage Ptolemaic coinage Seleucid coinage Bactrian coinage === Phoenicia === Tyrian shekel === Lydia === Stater (electrum and silver) Trite (coin) (electrum third of a stater) Hekte (electrum sixth of a stater) Lydian coin === Egypt (Dynasty 30) === Nefernub (Gold Stater) === Persia === Daric (gold) Sigloi (silver) Persian coinage Persis coinage Parthian coinage Sassanian coinage Elymais coinage === Carthage === Litra Shekel === Etruscan === As === Rome === Antoninianus Argenteus (silver) As (copper) Aureus (gold) Denarius (silver) Dupondius (bronze) Follis Sestertius (bronze) Solidus (gold) Talent (silver, gold) Tremissis (gold) Roman currency Roman Imperial currency Roman Republican currency === Israel === Ma'ah (silver) Prutah (bronze/copper) Yehud coinage Hashmonean coinage Herodian coinage Roman Procurator coinage First Jewish Revolt coinage Judaea Capta coinage Bar Kochba Revolt coinage Sheqel (silver) Zuz (silver) === Ancient Armenia === Dahekan Dang Dram P'ogh Kartez Tagvorin == Africa == Ajuran currency Aksumite currency Mogadishu currency Dollar Rhodesian dollar Sierra Leonean dollar Zimbabwean dollar Zimbabwean dollar (2019–2024) Dinar – Sudan Ekwele (Ekuele) – Equatorial Guinea Escudo Angolan escudo Mozambican escudo Portuguese Guinean escudo São Tomé and Príncipe escudo Florin – Kenya, Somalia, Tanzania and Uganda Franc Algerian franc French Camerounian franc Moroccan franc Malagasy franc Malian franc Katanga Cross – Zaire Lira Italian East African lira Italian Somaliland lira Tripolitanian lira Metica – Mozambique Peseta – Equatorial Guinea Peso – Guinea-Bissau Pound Biafran pound British West African pound – Cameroon, Gambia, Ghana, Nigeria and Sierra Leone Gambian pound Ghanaian pound Libyan pound Malawian pound Nigerian pound Rhodesian pound South African pound Zambian pound Rial – Morocco Rupee – Kenya, Somalia, Tanzania and Uganda Shilling – Kenya, Somalia, Tanzania and Uganda Syli – Guinea Zaire – Zaire == Americas == === Pre-colonial === Axe-money – Western Mesoamerica and Northern Andes Cocoa bean – Mesoamerica copper – Ojibway Cotton fabric – Mesoamerica === Post-contact === Austral – Argentina Continental – Colonial America Cruzeiro, Cruzado – Brazil Escudo – Chile Inti – Peru Peso Bolivian peso Costa Rican peso Dominican peso Guatemalan peso Honduran peso Nicaraguan peso Paraguayan peso Scudo – Bolivia Sucre – Ecuador ==== Canada and the United States ==== 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 Gold Louis – 1720 New France Sol and Double Sol 1738–1764 English coins early 19th century Tokens and Army Bills – War of 1812 British Shinplaster 1870s United States silver coins 1868–1869 Vermont copper 1785-1791 ==== Caribbean ==== Dollar Dominican dollar Grenadian dollar Pound Bahamian pound Bermudian pound Jamaican pound Netherlands Antillean guilder ==== Mexico ==== Mexican dollar Mexican real Original Mexican peso – replaced by the nuevo peso (MXN), now just called peso, in 1993 == Asia == === China === Un chau – China Knife money – Zhou dynasty Ant nose coin – Chu (state) Ying Yuan – Chu (state) Sycee – Qin dynasty Ban Liang – Qin dynasty Spade money – Zhou dynasty, Xin dynasty Jiaozi (currency) – Song dynasty Guanzi (currency) – Song dynasty Huizi (currency) – Southern Song dynasty Cash – China Customs gold unit – China === India === Hon and Shivrai of the Maratha dynasty Portuguese Indian rupia Portuguese Indian escudo French Indian rupee Travancore Rupee Rupee Hyderabadi rupee Vijayanagara coinage === Indonesia === Sumatran dollar Javan rupee Oeang Republik Indonesia (ORI) === Iran === Qiran – Iran Achaemenid currency – Iran Elymais – Iran === Israel === Palestine pound – Mandate for Palestine Israeli pound (or Lira) – Israel Old Israeli Shekel – Israel === Japan === Ryō Mon Japanese cash Gold plates Ōban Koban Ichibuban Yen Military yen Invasion money B yen === Korean === Hwan – Korea Mun Yang Imperial Won yen – Korea === Malaya === Tin Animal Money Tin ingot Sumatran dudu Brunei pitis British North Borneo dollar Malayan dollar Malaya and British Borneo dollar – Malaya, Singapore, Sarawak, British North Borneo and Brunei Sarawak dollar Straits dollar – Straits Settlements === Philippines === Gold Coinages Piloncitos Barter rings Silver Coinage Hilis Kalamay (Silver cobs) -Philippines Sampaloc Barillas Dos Mundos Sulu coins- Philippines Piso Philippine peso fuerte Guerilla pesos === Taiwan === Yen – Taiwan Old Taiwan dollar === Tibet === Tibetan skar Tibetan srang Tibetan tangka === Vietnam === Đồng – Vietnam Xu – South Vietnam lượng văn === Other currencies === Keping Kelantan keping Trengganu keping Dollar Mongolian dollar Baht – Thailand Escudo Portuguese Timorese escudo Kushan Coinage Mohar – Nepal Pound Jordanian pound Palestine pound Rouble – Tajikistan Bhutanese rupee Burmese rupee Gulf rupee – Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar and United Arab Emirates == Oceania == Pound Australian pound Fijian pound New Zealand pound Solomon Islands pound Tongan pound Western Samoan pound Rai stones – Yap == Europe == === Currencies replaced by the euro === European Currency Unit and 24 national currencies which were replaced by the euro: Austrian schilling Belgian franc Bulgarian lev Croatian kuna Cypriot pound Dutch guilder Estonian kroon Finnish markka French franc 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 === Other historical currencies === Akçe Daler Rigsdaler – Denmark and Norway Rijksdaalder – Netherlands Riksdaler – Sweden Speciedaler – Norway Dinar Bosnia and Herzegovina dinar Croatian dinar Serbian dinar Yugoslav dinar – former Yugoslavia Double - Bailiwick of Guernsey Ducat – throughout Europe Écu Florin Florin – Austria Florin – Aragon Florin – England Florin – Great Britain Double Florin – Great Britain 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 Gold coin Groat – Great Britain Grzywna/Hryvnia Grzywna – throughout Eastern Europe Hryvnia – Ukraine Gulden – Germany and Austria Half crown – Great Britain Halfpenny Halfpenny (Australian) – Australia Halfpenny (British pre-decimal coin) – Great Britain Halfpenny (Irish pre-decimal coin) – Ireland Halfpenny (Irish decimal coin) – Ireland Halfpenny (New Zealand) – New Zealand Halfpenny (Scotland) – Scotland Ilgasis – Kingdom of Lithuania Koruna Czechoslovak koruna Bohemian and Moravian koruna Slovak koruna (1939–1945) Leu Romanian leu Moldovan leu Libra jaquesa Lira Neapolitan lira Turkish lira Venetian lira Livre French livre Luxembourgian livre Karbovanets – Ukraine Korona – Hungary Mark East German mark – German Democratic Republic Estonian mark Goldmark – German Reich Ostmark – German occupied eastern Europe Papiermark – German Reich Reichsmark – German Reich Rentenmark – German Reich Mark – Poland Pengő – Hungary Perper Ragusian (Dubrovnik) perpera Serbian perper Montenegrin perper Perun Qirsh Shilling – Great Britain and others Sixpence – Great Britain and Ireland Peso – Spain Potin Real Spanish real (plural reales) Portuguese real (plural réis) Gibraltar real Rouble – former Soviet Union Rublis – Latvia Scudo Italian scudo – Lombardy-Venetia, Modena and Papal States Maltese scudo Silver coin Spesmilo Stater Talonas – Lithuania Thaler – Germany, Austria, Hungary Conventionsthaler Reichsthaler Vereinsthaler Threepence – Great Britain Threepence (Australian) Threepence (British coin) Threepence (Irish coin) Złoty Polish złoty (Poland) === South Caucasus === Abazi – Georgia Artsakh dram – Artsakh Rouble Armenian rouble Azerbaijani rouble Georgian rouble Transcaucasian rouble == International == Stelo, 1945–1993 monetary unit used by Esperantists.

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