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[3] [4] The local 'Pitis' coins had 'Sultanate of Brunei' stamped in front of the coin and the royal umbrella was imprinted at the back. These were issued from the 16th to the 19th century. Previous Islamic coins were also called the 'Pitis'. [5] Another type of coin that was used in Brunei were 'Duit besi' (which roughly translates to 'Iron ...
Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan of Brunei Omar Ali Saifuddien III: Year, Local design and said to represent flower or group of blossoms 5 cents: 16.26 mm: 1.56 g: Aluminium bronze: Reeded: Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan of Brunei Omar Ali Saifuddien III: Year, Tree-shaped local design and said to represent a bird 10 cents: 19.40 mm: 2.6 g: Cupronickel ...
Malaya and British Borneo dollar – Malaya, Singapore, Sarawak, British North Borneo and Brunei; Malayan dollar – Brunei, Malaysia and Singapore; Mauritian dollar – Mauritius; Mongolian dollar – Mongolia; Namibian dollar – Namibia; Nevisian dollar – Nevis; New Brunswick dollar – New Brunswick
When Antonio Pigafetta who was Ferdinand Magellan's chronicler visited Brunei in 1521, he wrote "The money is made out of bronze pierced in the middle in order that it may be strung. On each side of it are four Chinese characters, which are letters of the Great King of China. We call the money picils." Picils is a reference to the pitis. [1]
One Straits one dollar banknote from 1935 One Straits one cent coin from 1920. The Straits dollar was the currency of the Straits Settlements from 1898 until 1939. [1] At the same time, it was also used in the Federated Malay States, the Unfederated Malay States, Kingdom of Sarawak, Brunei, and British North Borneo.
The Brunei Darussalam Central Bank (abbrev: BDCB; Malay: Bank Pusat Brunei Darussalam) is the central bank of Brunei.In addition to creating the Brunei currency and managing the nation's monetary policy, [2] its major goals consisted of building and upholding domestic price stability, guaranteeing the stability of the financial system, particularly via the creation of prudential standards and ...
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
Colour key and notes Indicates that a given currency is pegged to another currency (details) Italics indicates a state or territory with a low level of international recognition State or territory Currency Symbol [D] or Abbrev. ISO code Fractional unit Number to basic Abkhazia Abkhazian apsar [E] аҧ (none) (none) (none) Russian ruble ₽ RUB Kopeck 100 Afghanistan Afghan afghani ؋ AFN ...