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The "new Cedi" (1967–2007) was worth 1.2 Cedis, which made it equal to half of a pound sterling (or ten shillings sterling) at its introduction. Decades of high inflation devalued the new Cedi, so that in 2007 the largest of the "new cedi" banknotes, the 20,000 note, had a value of about US$2. The new cedi was gradually phased out in 2007 in ...
Egyptian pound: EGP LE (Latin) ج.م (Egyptian Arabic) Egypt: Eritrean nakfa: ERN Nkf (Latin script) ናቕፋ (Ge'ez script) ناكفا (Arabic script) Eritrea: Ethiopian birr: ETB Br (Latin Script) ብር (Ethiopic Script) Ethiopia: Gambian dalasi: GMD D Gambia: Ghanaian cedi: GHS ₵ Ghana: Guinean franc: GNF FG Guinea: Kenyan shilling: KES ...
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 cedi at a rate of £1 = ₵2.40, i.e., ₵1 = 100d.
Cypriot pound (Cyprus and Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia, until 1 January 2008, replaced by the euro) Fijian pound (until 1969, replaced by the Fijian dollar) Gambian pound (1968 to 1971, replaced by the dalasi) Ghanaian pound (1958 to 1965, replaced by the cedi) Irish pound (Irish: Punt na hÉireann) (until 2002, replaced by the ...
Saint Helena and Ascension with the 2 Pound coin in 2003; British Virgin Islands with the 75 Dollar coin in 2004 and 2007; North Korea with the 1 Won in 2004; Dominican Republic with the 5 and 10 Pesos in 2005: Egypt with the 1 Pound coin in 2005; South Africa with the 5 Rand coin in 2005: Ghana with a 1 Cedi coin in 2007, and a 2 Cedis coin in ...
Connecticut pound – Connecticut; Cypriot pound – Cyprus, Akrotiri and Dhekelia; Delaware pound – Delaware; Egyptian pound – Egypt; Falkland Islands pound – Falkland Islands; Fijian pound – Fiji; Flemish pound – Burgundian Netherlands; French colonial pound – French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Haiti, Martinique, Mauritius and Réunion ...
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 ...
The naira was introduced on 1 January 1973, [9] replacing the Nigerian pound at a rate of £1 = ₦2. [10] The coins of the new currency were the first coins issued by an independent Nigeria, as all circulating coins of the Nigerian pound were all struck by the colonial government of the Federation of Nigeria in 1959, with the name of Queen ...