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One rand was worth US$1.40 (R0.72 per dollar) from the time of its inception in 1961 until late 1971, and the U.S. dollar became stronger than South African currency for the first time on 15 March 1982. [9] Its value thereafter fluctuated as various exchange rate dispensations [clarification needed] were implemented by the South African ...
Many African countries change their currency's appearance when a new government takes power (often the new head of state will appear on bank notes), though the notional value remains the same. Also, in many African currencies there have been episodes of rampant inflation, resulting in the need for currency revaluation (e.g. the Zimbabwe dollar ).
South African rand: R ZAR Cent: 100 South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands: Falkland Islands pound £ FKP Penny: 100 Sterling £ GBP Penny: 100 Liberia: Liberian dollar $ LRD Cent: 100 United States dollar $ USD Cent: 100 Libya: Libyan dinar: LD LYD Dirham: 1000 Liechtenstein: Swiss franc: Fr CHF Rappen: 100 Lithuania: Euro € EUR Cent ...
The rand was introduced in the then Union of South Africa on 14 February 1961, shortly before the establishment of the Republic on 31 May 1961. The rand replaced the pound with a decimal currency: 100 cents (100c) = 1 rand (R1), 1 rand being valued at 10 shillings and 1 cent at 1.2 pence.
The CMA, enacted in July 1986, [3] originated from the Rand Monetary Area (RMA), which was formally established in December 1974; [4] the signatories of the latter were South Africa, Lesotho, and Swaziland. [5] In that year Swaziland and Lesotho established their own national currencies, now called the lilangeni and the loti, respectively. In ...
Instead, in August 2006, the first dollar was redenominated to the second dollar at the rate of 1000 first dollars to 1 second dollar (1000:1). At the same time, the currency was devalued against the US dollar, from 101000 first dollars (101 once revalued) to 250 second dollars, a decrease of about 60% (see exchange rate history table below).
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Currencies may act as stores of value and be traded between nations ... South African rand: ZAR: R: 1.1%: 1.0%: 0.1pp ... although units of 1 ⁄ 10 or 1 ⁄ 1000 ...