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Slavonia's first minted currency was the frizatik, [3] but in the 13th century the Ban of Slavonia issued a marten-adorned silver coin called the banovac. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] The idea of a kuna currency reappeared in 1939 when the Banovina of Croatia , an autonomous province established within the Kingdom of Yugoslavia , planned to issue its own money ...
International dollar – hypothetical currency pegged 1:1 to the United States dollar; Jamaican dollar – Jamaica; Kiautschou dollar – Qingdao; Kiribati dollar – Kiribati; Liberian dollar – Liberia; Malaya and British Borneo dollar – Malaya, Singapore, Sarawak, British North Borneo and Brunei; Malayan dollar – Brunei, Malaysia and ...
During the Balkan Wars and on the eve of World War I, bank note conversions to gold and silver were temporarily suspended. [10] During World War I, silver notes for 50 and 5 dinars were introduced in 1914 and 1916, respectively. In 1915, stamps were authorized for circulation as currency in denominations of 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, and 50 paras.
The naming of this currency as "Lek" has two stories, one is that it is named after Alexander the Great, [8] whose name is often shortened to Leka in Albanian. [ 9 ] where Alexander's portrait appeared on the obverse of the 1 lek coin, while the reverse showed him on his horse.
The Venetian lira was one of the currencies in use in Italy and due to the economic power of the Venetian Republic a popular currency in the Eastern Mediterranean trade. During the 19th century, the Ottoman Empire and the Eyalet of Egypt adopted the lira as their national currency, equivalent to 100 piasters or kuruş. When the Ottoman Empire ...
African currency was originally formed from basic items, materials, animals and even people available in the locality to create a medium of exchange. This started to change from the 17th century onwards, as European colonial powers introduced their own monetary system into the countries they invaded.
The current currency sign of Turkish lira was created by the Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey in 2012. The new sign was selected after a country-wide contest. [ 68 ] The new symbol is composed of the letter L shaped like a half anchor, and embedded double-striped letter T angled at 20 degrees.
Albania lies along the Mediterranean Sea on the Balkan Peninsula in South and Southeast Europe, and has an area of 28,748 km 2 (11,100 sq mi). [134] It is bordered by the Adriatic Sea to the west, Montenegro to the northwest, Kosovo to the northeast, North Macedonia to the east, Greece to the south, and the Ionian Sea to the southwest.