pengő

This is reflected in the oft-repeated joke from 1946: Tuesday around noon we heard the rumour that the price of a kilo of lard has reached 90,000 pengős.

2011, Mária Palasik, Chess Game for Democracy: Hungary Between East and West, 1944-1947:

The monetary unit of Hungary from January, 1927 to July, 1946, divided into 100 fillér.


fiorino

The monetary unit of Tuscany from 1826 to 1859, subdivided into 100 quatrini; a florin.


karbovanets

From Ukrainian карбованець (karbovanecʹ).

The monetary unit of Ukraine from 1917 to 1920, 1942 to 1945, and 1991 to 1996.


gulden

From Middle English, from Middle Dutch gulden (florijn) (“golden (florin)”).

der

Netherlands Antilles
Netherlands Antilles

(historical) An old currency of the Netherlands (and its overseas territory the Netherlands Antilles).


srang

The monetary unit of Tibet from 1909 to 1959.


hwan

The monetary unit of South Korea from February 15, 1953 to June 9, 1962.


sucre

From Spanish Sucre, from the name of Venezuelan independence leader Antonio José de Sucre.

The former currency of Ecuador, divided into 100 centavos.


follis

From Latin follis (“a bag”). Doublet of fool.

In Italy, the exarchs at Ravenna preserved the denominational structure of the currency, striking the bronze folles along with fractions and three silver denominations marked as pieces of 125, 150, and 500 nummiae (pl. 23.200). The solidus was officially exchanged at 300 folles (= 12,000 nummiae) or the rate that had obtained under Theodoric.

1996, Kenneth W. Harl, Coinage in the Roman Economy, 300 b.c. to a.d. 700, Baltimore, Md., London: The Johns Hopkins University Press, →ISBN, page 199:

In the beginning, Antioch followed the weight policy of Constantinopolitan coins, but after a break in minting in 540/541–541/542 caused by the sack of the city by the Persians, the mint of Antioch continued to issue bronze folles of high weight standard, ever if the weight in Constantinople was already reduced by that period.

2016, Pavla Drápelová, “Province in Contrast to City: Irregularities and Peculiarities in the Coinage of Antioch (518–565)”, in Nicholas S. M. Matheou, Theofili Kampianaki, Lorenzo M. Bondioli, editors, From Constantinople to the Frontier: The City and the Cities, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, part 4 (The Cities), page 180:

The silver miliarensia from that era were minted exclusively for propaganda purposes, and in smaller amounts than the gold coins (nomismas) and the copper alloy coins (folles). They were practically not used in circulation, although in theory twelve miliarensia were equal in value to a gold nomisma.

2022, Vladimir Penchev, “What the coins from the Preslav treasure can tell us about the social status of its owner”, in Contributions to Bulgarian Archaeology, volume XII, →DOI, →ISSN, page 70:

(numismatics) A large bronze coin minted during the Roman Empire.


króna

From Icelandic and Faroese. Doublet of corona, crown, korona, koruna, krona, and krone.

doublet

The currency of Iceland, divided into 100 aurar


sestertius

From Latin sēstertius (“that is two-and-a-half”), from sēmis (“half”) + tertius (“third”).

uder

(historical numismatics) A large bronze or (rarely) small silver coin minted during the Roman Republic and Empire, valued at two and a half asses (a quarter of a denarius).


cruzeiro

From Portuguese cruzeiro (literally “Southern Cross”).

bor

The currency of Brazil from 1942 to 1986 and 1990 to 1993.


aureus

From Latin aureus (“golden; gold coin equivalent to 25 denarii”), noun use of adjective, from aurum (“gold”). Doublet of eyrir, öre, øre, and oyra.

A gold coin, minted in the Roman Empire from approximately 100 B.C.E. to 309 C.E., equal to 25 denarii.


loti

loti (plural)
maloti (plural)
lotis (plural)

From the Sotho loti, singular derivation of maloti, mulati (“mountains”); compare Maloti.

The basic monetary unit of the currency of the Kingdom of Lesotho, introduced in 1980 to replace the South African rand as legal tender.


cruzado

From Portuguese cruzado. Doublet of cruciate.

The monetary unit of Brazil from 1986 to 1990.

крузадо

the monetary unit of Brazil from 1986 to 1990

An old monetary unit of Portugal in the 17th and 18th centuries.

крузадо

an old monetary unit of Portugal in the 17th and 18th centuries

An old monetary unit of Castile in the 14th century.


venezolano

(historical) The currency of Venezuela from 1874 to 1879, divided into 100 centavos.


schilling

From German Schilling, from Proto-Germanic *skillingaz. Doublet of shilling.

The old currency of Austria, divided into 100 groschen.


denarius

/dɪˈnɑːɹɪ.əs/

/dɪˈnɛəɹɪ.əs/

General American, Mary–marry–merry merger

Borrowed from Latin dēnārius. Doublet of denar, denier, dinar, dinero, and dinheiro.

doublet

"Sorry, I thought you were Aurel. He owes me a denarius. Have you seen him?"

1966, James Workman, The Mad Emperor, Melbourne, Sydney: Scripts, page 146:

2007, Philip Matyszak, Ancient Rome on 5 Denarii a Day (title of the book)

(Ancient Rome, numismatics) A small silver coin issued both during the Roman Republic and during the Roman Empire, equal to 10 asses or 4 sesterces.


skilling

From Danish, Norwegian, and Swedish skilling. Doublet of shilling.

(historical) A Scandinavian monetary unit and coin up to the 19th century. (A subdivision of the Swedish riksdaler, the Danish and Norwegian rigsdaler and speciedaler).


akçe

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish آقچه (akça, akçe) (compare Turkish akçe).

Worth the sum of two thousand two hundred akches, this is all a final gift to the said maiden if he fails to marry her within the appointed period of time.

1988, Milorad Pavić, translated by Christina Pribićević-Zorić, Dictionary of the Khazars, Vintage, published 1989, page 209:

The corvée is an archaic feature, absent from later statutes, but the notion that 50 akçes was the rate of compensation due for loss of tithes lingered.

2011, Christine Woodhead, editor, The Ottoman World:

A silver coin minted during the Ottoman Empire, valued at one-third of a para.


peseta

From Spanish peseta, from peso (“coin or weight”).

The task was more to Appleby's liking than the one he had anticipated, and it was necessary, since the smaller merchants in Cuba and also in parts of Peninsular Spain have no great confidence in bankers, and prefer a packet of golden onzas or a bag of pesetas to the best accredited cheque.

1907 January, Harold Bindloss, chapter 31, in The Dust of Conflict, 1st Canadian edition, Toronto, Ont.: McLeod & Allen, →OCLC:

The former currency of the Spanish Empire and Andorra, divided into 100 céntimos.


baht

The official currency of Thailand, equal to 100 satang.


scudo

en-noun

scudo (plural scudos or scudoes or scudi)

scudos (plural)
scudoes (plural)
scudi (plural)

Borrowed from Italian scudo (“a crown, a dollar, a shield”), from Latin scutum (“a shield”). Compare the doublets scute, escudo, scutum, and écu.

bor

And this was the salvation of his house, for several large chunks of plaster cracked off and inside he discovered a pot full of golden scudos.

2007, Giambattista Basile, translated by Nancy L. Canepa, Tale of Tales, Penguin, page 46:

(historical) A silver coin and unit of currency of various Italian states from the 16th to the 19th centuries.

Sovereign Military Order of Malta
Sovereign Military Order of Malta

A former unit of currency in Malta, now the official currency of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta.

(historical) A unit of currency in 19th-century Bolivia, equal to 16 soles.


manat

From Azerbaijani manat and Turkmen manat, both from Russian моне́та (monéta), from Polish moneta, from Latin monēta. Doublet of money and mint.

The basic unit of currency for Azerbaijan; symbol ₼; subdivided into 100 qapik.

The basic unit of currency for Turkmenistan; subdivided into 100 tennesi.


lev

From Bulgarian лев (lev), a variant of лъв (lǎv, “lion”). Doublet of Leo, leu, lion, and Lyon.

The currency of Bulgaria, divided into 100 stotinki.


kori

The monetary unit of Kutch prior to 1947, divided into 24 dokdas.


pesewa

From Twi Akan pέsεwa (“penny, penny's worth of gold dust”).

uder

In the currency of Ghana, one hundredth of a cedi.


threepence

en-noun

threepence (countable and uncountable, plural threepences)

(countable, historical) A former (pre-decimalisation) British or Irish coin worth three old pence.


sixpence

sixpence (countable and uncountable, plural sixpences)

look as if one had lost a shilling and found sixpence

look as if one has lost a shilling and found sixpence

Finest apples, sixpence each.

When the ferry-boat with her wild freight pushed into the stream, nobody cared sixpence for the wasted time but the captain of the craft.

1876, Mark Twain [pseudonym; Samuel Langhorne Clemens], chapter XXIX, in The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Hartford, Conn.: The American Publishing Company, →OCLC, page 221:

(obsolete, British, uncountable) The value of six old pence; half of a shilling; or one-fortieth of a pound sterling.


maravedi

From Spanish maravedí, from Arabic مُرَابِطِين (murābiṭīn), an inflected plural of مُرَابِط (murābiṭ, “holy man”), the name of the Almoravid rulers of Muslim Spain during the 12th century. Compare marabout.

der

Arabic مُرَابِطِين (murābiṭīn)

an thou dost go on to put thy filthy lucre in the balance with thy daughter’s life and honour, by Heaven, I will strip thee of every maravedi thou hast in the world, before three days are out!

(historical) A former Spanish coin and unit of currency, originally issued in gold but later in silver and copper, discontinued in 1848.


eyrir

From Icelandic eyrir. Doublet of aureus, öre, øre, and oyra.

A subdivision of currency, equal to one hundredth of an Icelandic króna


piaster

The subdivision of the South Sudanese pound, equal to 1/100 of a pound.


piastre

From French piastre, from Italian piastra (“plate of wood or metal; coin”), probably from Latin emplastra.

The Silkes, Velvets, Cloth of gold, and Tissue, Pyasters, Chicqueenes and Sultanies, which is gold and silver, they unloaded in foure and twentie houres, was wonderfull [...].

1630, John Smith, True Travels, Kupperman, published 1988, page 39:

(now historical) A Spanish or Spanish-American coin and unit of currency, originally worth eight real.

пиастър

historical: Spanish or Spanish-American coin

(historical) A form of currency formerly used in the French-speaking parts of Canada.

(historical) A form of currency formerly used in French Indochina.

(historical) A form of currency originally used in the Ottoman Empire.

(historical) A form of currency formerly used in Cyprus.

A form of currency currently used as a subunit in the Middle Eastern and East African countries of Egypt, Jordan (partly including Palestine), Lebanon, South Sudan, Sudan, and Syria.


rial

Borrowed from Persian ریال (riyâl) (in the case of Iran) and a variant transliteration of Arabic رِيَال (riyāl) (in the case of Oman and Yemen), from Spanish real. Doublet of real, royal, and regal.

transliteration

A former currency of Morocco and Tunisia


heller

Borrowed from German Heller. Doublet of halier.

A subdivision of the Czech, Slovakian and Czechoslovakian koruna. 100 hellers make up one koruna.


metica

A proposed currency of Mozambique in the 1970s, never put into circulation.


cauri

A type of seashell found on the western coast of the African continent.


dobla

“Prithee, Pepe,” commenced the soldier, “how many hundred doblas a year do they pay, in that service of thine, and how often do they renew that fine leathern doublet?”

1840, [James Fenimore Cooper], chapter I, in Mercedes of Castile: Or, The Voyage to Cathay. […], volume I, Philadelphia, Pa.: Lea and Blanchard, →OCLC, page 19:

(historical) A historical gold coin used in the Iberian peninsula between the 11th and 16th centuries.


toman

Borrowed from Classical Persian تومان (tōman), from Mongolian түмэн (tümen).

The band-roll strung with tomans
Which proves the veil a Persian woman's

1845, Robert Browning, The Flight of the Duchess:

(historical, numismatics) A Persian money of account or gold coin issued until 1927, notionally worth 10,000 dinars.


byzant

“Gramercy! good fellow,” cried Prince John, “thou pleasest me — Here, Isaac, lend me a handful of byzants.”


bezant

From Middle English besaunt, from Old French bezant, nominative bezanz, from Latin byzantius (“of Byzantium”).

(history) A coin made of gold or silver, minted at Byzantium and used in currency throughout mediaeval Europe.


twopence

en-noun

twopence (countable and uncountable, plural twopences)

(British, Ireland) A British or Irish coin worth two (old or new) pence.


ha'penny

ha'penny (plural ha'pennies or ha'pence)

The more a shop looks as though it trades in farthings and ha’pennies, the more tenners and twenties you can expect to hand over at the till.

2020 September 1, Tom Lamont, “The butcher's shop that lasted 300 years (give or take)”, in The Guardian:

(historical, Ireland, UK) A halfpenny; a former British and Irish coin.


half-crown

From its value of half of the crown (five-shilling) coin.

[…] though we play but half-crowns, you know you may bet half guineas with him.

1814 May 9, [Jane Austen], chapter XII, in Mansfield Park: […], volume I, London: […] [George Sidney] for T[homas] Egerton, […], →OCLC, page 249:

Keeping, therefore, an eye to the main chance, stimulated by the best possible motive, Helen emptied her purse on the bed, in such a manner, as to allow a stray half sovereign to escape, when she added the shillings and half-crowns to the little heap, and said, in a tremulous voice, "Here is my money."

1842, [anonymous collaborator of Letitia Elizabeth Landon], chapter XXIV, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 10:

Half-a-crown is known as an alderman, half a bull, half a tusheroon, and a madza caroon; whilst a crown piece, or five shillings, may be called either a bull, or a caroon, or a cartwheel, or a coachwheel, or a thick-un, or a tusheroon.

1859, J.C. Hotten, A Dictionary of Modern Slang, Cant, and Vulgar Words:

This is a masterly work of condensation, omitting nothing of importance and providing a most readable book that for a modest half-crown is incredibly good value.

1962 October, “New Reading on Railways: Great Western. By Cecil J. Allen, Ian Allan. 2s 6d.”, in Modern Railways, unnumbered page:

(historical) A pre-decimal coin used in Britain, Ireland and New Zealand, equivalent to 30 pence or two shillings and six pence.

Half crown (British coin)
Half crown (Irish coin)


franco

From Italian franco (“French”). Doublet of franc and frank.

The CFA franc as used in Equatorial Guinea, worth 4 ekwele.


Deutsche Mark

Deutsche Mark (plural Deutsche Marks or Deutsche Mark)

Deutsche Marks (plural)
Deutsche Mark (plural)

/ˈdɔɪt͡ʃmɑːk/

/ˈdɔɪt͡ʃmɑɹk/

-ɔɪt͡ʃmɑː(ɹ)k

(numismatics) The former currency unit of Germany (now replaced by the euro), abbreviated as DM or DEM.


steeping

From the name of Stephen de Fulbourn, who served as bishop of Waterford, archbishop of Tuam, and treasurer and justiciar of Ireland in the 1270s and 1280s.

(historical, numismatics) A 13th-century coin circulated in Ireland as a debased sterling silver penny, outlawed under King Edward I.


scalding

From Old French escalin, from Middle Dutch schelling (“shilling”). Doublet of shilling.

See synonyms at steeping.

(numismatics, historical) Synonym of escaline, (particularly) the form circulated by Stephen de Fulbourn in Ireland as a debased form of the sterling silver penny, outlawed under Edward I of England.


seniti

A Tongan unit of currency equivalent to a hundredth of a pa'anga.


sene

From Samoan sene, in turn from English cent.

A unit of currency equivalent to a hundredth of a Samoan tala.


luma

From Armenian լումա (luma). Doublet of nummus.

(numismatics) A currency unit of Armenia, worth one hundredth of an Armenian dram.


hào

A subdivision of currency, equal to one tenth of a Vietnamese dong.


doubloon

From French doublon, from Spanish doblón, augmentative of doble (“double”), because it was worth twice a pistole.

English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Georges, and Louises, doubloons and double guineas and moidores and sequins, the pictures of all the kings of Europe for the last hundred years, strange Oriental pieces stamped with what looked like wisps of string or bits of spider's web, round pieces and square pieces, and pieces bored through the middle, as if to ware them round your neck – nearly every variety of money in the world must, I think, have found a place in that collection...

1883, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island:

(historical, numismatics) A former Spanish gold coin, also used in its American colonies. [from early 17th c.]


ostmark

German Democratic Republic
German Democratic Republic

(historical) The currency unit of the former German Democratic Republic (aka GDR, DDR, East Germany) until 1990, abbreviated DDM.


pfennig

From German Pfennig. Doublet of penny and fening.

(historical, numismatics) One hundredth of the former German mark (Deutsche Mark).


tetradrachm

/ˈtɛtɹədɹæm/

From Ancient Greek τετράδραχμον (tetrádrakhmon). See tetra- (“four”).

uder

τετράδραχμον

(historical, numismatics) A silver coin in Ancient Greece, equivalent to four drachms.

Alexander the Great
Heracles
Temnos
Zeus


khoums

A subdivision of the Mauritanian ouguiya. 5 khoums equal one ouguiya.


jiao

Borrowed from Mandarin 角 (jiǎo). Doublet of kak.

People's Republic of China
People's Republic of China

(numismatics) A currency unit of the People's Republic of China, one tenth of a yuan.

毫

a currency unit of the People's Republic of China, one tenth of a yuan


groschen

From German Groschen, from Middle High German grosse, from Medieval Latin (denarius) grossus (“thick (penny)”).

[…]old women are seeking to earn a few groschen by carrying home the purchases of buyers,[…]

1884 Christmas, Mrs. Alexander [pen name; Anne French Hector], “Mrs. Vereker’s Courier Maid”, in The Gentleman’s Annual, chapter III, page 75:

(numismatics) Any of several obsolete European silver coins.


oyra

From Faroese oyra, from Old Norse eyrir, from Latin aureus. Doublet of aureus, eyrir, öre, and øre.


tetartemorion

From Ancient Greek τεταρτημόριον (tetartēmórion).

der

τεταρτημόριον

(historical) A silver coin minted in Ancient Greece, valued at 1/4 of an obolus.


pul

From Persian پول (pul). Doublet of obole and obolus.

A subdivision of currency, equal to one hundredth of an Afghan afghani.


pollard

From poll (“head, scalp”) + -ard. The coin sense derives from the original penny's uncrowned obverse bust, as opposed to the laurel-wreathed form appearing on the rosary. The verb derives from the noun.

(numismatics, historical) A 13th-century European coin minted as a debased counterfeit of the sterling silver penny of Edward I of England, at first legally accepted as a halfpenny and then outlawed.


ostruble

(historical) A former currency of Germany and Lithuania in the 1910s and 1920s.


tiyn

A subdivision of currency, equal to one hundredth of a Kazakh tenge.


toea

A unit of currency, equivalent to one hundredth of a Papua New Guinean kina.


tennesi

From Turkmen teňňe. Compare English tenge.

A subdivision of currency, equal to one hundredth of a Turkmenistani manat.


butut

A unit of currency, worth one hundredth of a Gambian dalasi.


kopiyka

en-noun

kopiyka (plural kopiykas or kopiyka or kopiyok or kopiyky)

kopiykas (plural)
kopiyka (plural)
kopiyok (plural)
kopiyky (plural)

Transliteration of Ukrainian копі́йка (kopíjka). Doublet of kopek and kopeika.

translit

A subdivision of currency, equal to one hundredth of a Ukrainian hryvnia.


thebe

A subdivision of currency, equal to one hundredth of a Botswanan pula.


möngö

A former subdivision of Mongolian currency, equal to one hundredth of a tugrik (tögrög).


satang

A subdivision of currency, equal to one hundredth of a Thai baht.


chetrum

Borrowed from Dzongkha ཕྱེད་ཏམ (phyed tam).

bor+

A subdivision of currency, equal to one hundredth of a Bhutanese ngultrum


kobo

A subdivision of currency, equal to one hundredth of a Nigerian naira.


qindarkë

Unadapted borrowing from Albanian qindarkë, ultimately from qind (“hundred”).

ubor

A subdivision of currency, equal to one hundredth of an Albanian lek


pya

A subdivision of currency, equal to one hundredth of a Burmese kyat.

(historical) A subdivision of currency in colonial Burma, equal to 1/4 of an anna or 1/64 of a rupee


grosz

Borrowed from Polish grosz. Doublet of kurus.

A subdivision of currency, equal to one hundredth of a Polish zloty.


paisa

Borrowed from Hindi पैसा (paisā) / Urdu پَیسَہ (paisa).

A subdivision of currency, equal to one hundredth of a rupee in India, Nepal, and Pakistan.

A subdivision of currency, equal to one hundredth of a Bangladeshi taka.

A subdivision of currency, equal to one thousandth of an Omani rial.

(historical, British India) A subdivision of currency equivalent to ¹⁄₆₄ of a rupee or three pies.


deni

2008, Macedonia: Investment, Trade Laws and Regulations Handbook, Volume 1: Strategic Information and Basic Laws, International Business Publications, USA, page 50,
In May, 1993, a new Denar, equivalent to 100 of the old units, was put into circulation. Denominations of coins are 0.50 (50 deni), 1, 2 and 5 Denars and bills are 10, 20, 50, 100, 500 and 1000 Denars.

A subdivision of currency, equal to 0.01 Macedonian denar.


kurus

Borrowed from Turkish kuruş, from German Groschen. Doublet of grosz.

A subdivision of currency, equal to one hundredth of a Turkish lira.


kak

Borrowed from Khmer កាក់ (kak). Doublet of jiao.

A subdivision of currency, equal to one tenth of a Cambodian riel.


franga

From Albanian franga, from French franc. Doublet of franc.

An obsolete unit of currency in Albania, equal to 5 lek.


mithqal

From Persian or Urdu مثقال (mesqâl), and their source, Arabic مِثْقَال (miṯqāl, “weight, unit of weight”), from ثَقَلَ (ṯaqala, “to weigh”). Doublet of metical

bor

The Wazir brought him and the King said, "Give him a thousand miskals of gold from the treasury, and load him ten camels with goods for trade, and send him under escort to his own town."

1885–1888, Richard F[rancis] Burton, transl. and editor, “Night 13”, in A Plain and Literal Translation of the Arabian Nights’ Entertainments, now Entituled The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night […], Shammar edition, volume (please specify the volume), [London]: […] Burton Club […], →OCLC:

A unit of weight in the Islamic world, usually taken as equivalent to 4.25 grams, used especially to weigh precious metals.


prutah

en-noun

prutah (plural prutahs or prutot or prutoth)

prutahs (plural)
prutot (plural)
prutoth (plural)

A bronze coin, equivalent to the Roman quadrans, used in ancient Palestine.


widow's mite

João Zeferino da Costa
Museu Nacional de Belas Artes
New International Version

From the Bible account of the poor widow’s donation of two mites (or leptons, small coins of low value) to the temple contribution box, which Jesus Christ praised as more than the gifts presented by wealthy people, for “[a]ll these people gave their gifts out of their wealth; but she out of her poverty put in all she had to live on”: Luke 21:1–4 (New International Version); see also Mark 12:38–44.

refn

From the collection of the Museu Nacional de Belas Artes, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Leptons became famous as the "widows mites" when Christ observed a widow donating two of them to the temple treasury. Christ noted that she had donated more than everyone else had because that was all she had. The two mites were worth about 70 cents to one dollar in modern buying power, or about enough for a meal of beans.

2002, Ralph L. Stephenson, chapter 6, in The Biblical Guide to Wealth, Health, and Happiness, Victoria, B.C.: Trafford Publishing, page 131:


testone

An ancient subunit of a Portuguese cruzado.


fals

From Arabic فَلْس (fals), from Aramaic פילס / ܦܠܣ / פולסא / ܦܘܠܣܐ (/fuləsā, filas/), from Ancient Greek φόλλις (phóllis), from Latin follis. Doublet of fool.

der

פילס / ܦܠܣ / פולסא / ܦܘܠܣܐ

(numismatics, Middle Ages) Medieval copper coin first produced by the Umayyad caliphate beginning in the late 7th century.


fourpence

A former British silver coin, worth four pence.


eightpence

[…] I went for a night to a lodging-house in Bow, where the charge was only eightpence.

1933 January 9, George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], chapter XXV, in Down and Out in Paris and London, London: Victor Gollancz […], →OCLC:

(historical, numismatics) A former coin worth eight pence; the monetary amount of eight pence.


qursh

A monetary unit in Saudi Arabia equivalent to a twentieth of a rial.


coronato

(historical) An old silver coin of 15th-century Italy, introduced during the reign of Ferdinand I of Aragon.


fivepence

Five pence (British coin)
Five pence (Irish coin)


decadrachm

(historical) A unit of currency in Ancient Greece, worth ten drachmas.


half-noble

An ancient unit of currency of England, equivalent to half a noble.


daalder

From Dutch daalder. Doublet of thaler and dollar.

A historic unit of currency of the Netherlands, equivalent to one-and-a-half guilders.


tugrik

Borrowed from Mongolian төгрөг (tögrög).

The Mongolian unit of currency; abbreviated MNT, ₮; formerly subdivided into 100 möngö.


yamboo

(historical) A small gold or silver ingot formerly used as currency in some parts of China.


siglos

From Ancient Greek σίγλος (síglos), from Semitic. Compare Hebrew שֶׁקֶל (shékel), Akkadian 𒅆𒅗𒇻 (šiqlu).

A silver coin of Achaemenid Persia worth one twentieth of a daric and weighing about 5.6 grams.


mamudi

A subunit of Persian currency, one hundredth of a toman.


maneh

An obsolete unit of Hebrew currency, larger than a shekel.


stotin

The brokers of the Ljubljana Stock Exchange today for the first time dealt in certificates on dinar funds deposited in the special accounts of the Service of the Social Accounting. The stock exchange brokers who dealt with these certificates demanded 800-900 stotins for a dinar. However, the buyers were willing to pay 750-850 stotins for a dinar.

1991, FBIS Daily Report: East Europe, numbers 192-201, page 37:

The tolar is a decimal currency and there are 100 stotins in a tolar, although stotins are no longer produced.

2005, Robin McKelvie, Jenny McKelvie, Slovenia: The Bradt Travel Guide, Bradt Travel Guides, page 27:

A former currency unit of Slovenia, one hundredth of a tolar.


chervonets

From Russian черво́нец (červónec), derived from черво́нное зо́лото (červónnoje zóloto), "red gold".

Any of several former currencies of Russia: applied to various foreign gold coins prior to the reign of Peter I of Russia, then to a Russian gold coin of 1701-1757, and finally to a 1922 currency of the Soviet Union.

чырво́нец

former Russian currency, usually ten roubles


xeraphim

From Portuguese xarafin, from Arabic اَشْرَاف (ašrāf), plural form of شَرِيف (šarīf, “highborn”).

(obsolete) An old monetary unit of Bombay, equal to three fifths of a rupee.


centimo

From Spanish céntimo, from Latin centesimus (“one hundredth”), from centum (“hundred”). Doublet of centime, from French.

A cent, i.e. ¹⁄₁₀₀, of certain (mainly historic) Iberian and Latin American currencies, and presently of the Euro (coinage version in Spanish), as a coin or theoretic value.


gerah

From Hebrew גֵּרָה (gerá, “twentieth of a shekel”, literally “cud”).

bor

Each one who crosses over to those already counted is to give a half shekel, according to the sanctuary shekel, which weighs twenty gerahs.

New International Version (NIV), Exodus 30:13

Every value is to be set according to the sanctuary shekel, twenty gerahs to the shekel.

New International Version (NIV), Leviticus 27:25

(historical) An ancient Hebrew unit of weight and currency, one twentieth of a shekel.


zorkmid

Yes, the zorkmid is still the official medium of exchange, and this realm supposedly was founded by a relative of Dimwit Flathead III […]

1984, Softalk for the IBM personal computer:

Nethack (www.nethack.org), which is not IF but does use the zorkmid as its currency, has a one zorkmid coin. It is simply described as "a gold piece".

2003, Robin Johnson, “One Zorkmid desc?”, in rec.games.int-fiction (Usenet):

After the collapse of the Soviet Empire, the Eastern European nation of Ukraine adopted the Zorkmid as its national currency.

(video games) A fictional unit of currency used in various computer games.


pistareen

Probably a corruption of the Spanish peseta + -een.

[T]hose poor souls never had more than nine pence per day, and seldom more than six pence, from their masters or owners, though they earned them three or four pisterines […].

1789, Olaudah Equiano, chapter 5, in The Interesting Narrative, volume I:

(now historical) A Spanish silver coin worth two reales, used as common currency in the Americas in the 18th century.


koban

Every landlord hath two koban paid him for dinner, and three for supper and lodgings at night.

1906, Ernest W[ilson] Clement, editor, Hildreth’s “Japan as it Was and Is”: A Handbook of Old Japan, volume II, Chicago, Ill.: A. C. McClurg & Co., page 40:

“Shall we say two koban for this evening—a measure of my desire to please a Lady of such merit?”

1975, James Clavell, Shōgun: A Novel of Japan, volume 2, New York, N.Y.: Atheneum, page 620:

It contained, as usual, nothing but an invitation to come to Edo to confer on matters respecting which it did not enter into any particulars, with an offer of three koban for the expenses of the journey.

2006, Timon Screech, Secret Memoirs of the Shoguns: Isaac Titsingh and Japan, 1779–1822, London, New York, N.Y.: Routledge, →ISBN, page 140:

An oval gold coin in the Edo period of feudal Japan.


tenpence

(rare, British, Ireland) A coin worth ten new pence.


altyn

Borrowed from Russian алты́н (altýn), either from Tatar алты (altı, “six”), referring to six dengas (six half-kopeks), or from Tatar алтын (altın, “gold”). These small coins were never minted in gold; however, compare the semantic evolution of Latin solidus from a Roman gold coin to a medieval silver shilling.

Eurasian Economic Union
Eurasian Economic Union

A proposed common currency for the Eurasian Economic Union.


Australian dollar

en-noun

Australian dollar (plural Australian dollars)


daric

From Ancient Greek δᾱρεικός (dāreikós), from Old Persian *daryakah. Doublet of gold and yellow.
Considered by classical authors to be from Δαρεῖος (Dareîos, “Darius”) who standardized the coinage as such, but this is a folk etymology.

A gold coin from Persian Empire, introduced by Darius the Great (522-486 BC) and used until Alexander the Great's invasion (330 BC).


New Zealand dollar

New Zealand dollar (plural New Zealand dollars)


Canadian dollar

Canadian dollar (plural Canadian dollars)


Singapore dollar

Singapore dollar (plural Singapore dollars)


new sheqel

new sheqel (plural new sheqels or new sheqalim)

new sheqels (plural)
new sheqalim (plural)


new shekel

new shekel (plural new shekels or new shekalim)

new shekels (plural)
new shekalim (plural)

A calque of Hebrew שֶׁקֶל חָדָשׁ (shékel chadásh).

cal

שֶׁקֶל חָדָשׁ

(numismatics) The Israeli currency since 1 January 1986 (distinguished from the abolished 1980-1985 shekel). Divided into 100 agorot and represented by ₪. In English, also represented by the initialism NIS (for "New Israeli Shekel"). ISO 4217 code: ILS.


sicca

From Hindustani سکہ (sikka) / सिक्का (sikkā), from Classical Persian سکه (sikka), from Arabic سِكَّة (sikka)


Hong Kong dollar

en-noun

Hong Kong dollar (plural Hong Kong dollars)


New Taiwan dollar

New Taiwan dollar (plural New Taiwan dollars)


louis d'or

louis d'or (plural louis d'or or louis d'ors)

louis d'or (plural)
louis d'ors (plural)

/ˌluːɪ ˈdɔː/

/ˌluːɪz ˈdɔː/

Borrowed from French louis d’or (literally “golden louis”).

bor+

They stopped at the most memorable places, and at last arrived at Rome, where a princess vacated her palace for their accommodation and so many louis-d'or a-month.

1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XVIII, in Romance and Reality. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, page 266:

It was a long, difficult business, for the coins were of all countries and sizes — doubloons, and louis-d'ors, and guineas, and pieces of eight, and I know not what besides, all shaken together at random.

1881–1882, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island, London; Paris: Cassell & Company, published 14 November 1883, →OCLC:

(historical numismatics) Any of the gold coins first introduced in France under Louis XIII in 1640, based upon the Spanish doubloon.

لُوِيس ذَهَبِي

any gold coin introduced in France by Louis XIII


shilingi

Borrowed from Swahili shilingi, from English shilling.

A unit of currency in East Africa, currently only in use by Tanzania, and divided into 100 senti.


riksdaler

(historical) A unit of currency that was used in Sweden between 1777 and 1873.


rigsdaler

(historical) An obsolete unit of currency used in Denmark, Norway and Danish territories.

The Danish rigsdaler, used in Denmark until 1873

The Danish West Indian rigsdaler, used in the Danish West Indies until 1849

The Greenlandic rigsdaler, used in Greenland until 1874

The Norwegian rigsdaler, used in Denmark until 1873 and in Norway until 1816.


rai stone

Any of a class of large, circular stone disks, carved out of limestone, in the island of Yap, Micronesia.


bancor

Coined by John Maynard Keynes in 1940-42, based on French banque (“bank”) and or (“gold”).

Absent significant monetary instability or an injunction for use of bancor for the making of an important set of payments (e.g. payment of taxes), surmounting the barriers to wide acceptance would be a key and perhaps prohibitive challenge.

2010, IMF, Reserve Accumulation and International Monetary Stability, page 27:


reichsmark

Unadapted borrowing from German Reichsmark.

ubor

(historical, numismatics) The monetary unit in Germany between 1924 and 1948.


dokda

An old monetary unit of Kutch, worth one 24th of a kori.


buqsha

(historical) A former currency unit of Yemen, worth one 40th of a rial.


spesmilo

(numismatics) An obsolete unit of Esperanto international currency (symbol ₷).


dodrans

(historical, numismatics) A bronze coin of the Roman Republic, worth three quarters of an as.


iraimbilanja

A currency unit of Madagascar, equal to one fifth of an ariary.


halala

This is annoying, but the difference in price is only a few halalas and arguing, in my experience, is pointless.

1996, Gordon Robison, Arab Gulf States: Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia & the United Arab Emirates:

A monetary unit of Saudi Arabia equal to one hundredth of a riyal.


milreis

From Portuguese mil réis (“one thousand reis”), from mil (“a thousand”) + réis, plural of real (“a rei”).

uder

(historical) A former currency of Portugal (until 1911).

(historical) A former currency of Brazil (until 1942).


sengi

PIE word
 *pénkʷe
Borrowed from Kongo sengi, senki, from French cinq (“five”) (in the sense of five sous). Doublet of cinque, five, pimp, ponzu, and punch.

doublet

(historical) A former (1967–1993) monetary unit of Zaire, one hundredth of a likuta, and one ten-thousandth of a zaire; it was issued only in ten sengi coins.


sycee

en-noun

sycee (countable and uncountable, plural sycees)

From Cantonese 細絲／细丝 (sai³ si¹, “fine silk”), variously explained as owing to the bullion's ability to be worked into fine strands or from the resemblance of its luster.

(historical) Any of various gold or silver ingots used as currency in imperial China.


moidore

From Portuguese moeda de ouro, literally "golden coin".

It was a strange collection, like Billy Bones’s hoard for the diversity of coinage, but so much larger and so much more varied that I think I never had more pleasure than in sorting them. English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Georges, and Louises, doubloons and double guineas and moidores and sequins, the pictures of all the kings of Europe for the last hundred years, […]

1883, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island:

(historical) An old Portuguese gold coin, minted from 1640 to 1732.


ambrosin

From Latin ambrosīnus (nummus), from Ambrosius (“Ambrose”), the patron saint of Milan.

(numismatics) An early coin struck by the dukes of Milan, and bearing the effigy of St. Ambrose on its horseback.

ambrosin

early coin of the Duchy of Milan, bearing the effigy of St. Ambrose


arango

Rango is the earlier form, attested from 1644. From Malagasy rango (“long and thin”).

There we purchased two sheep, one for two strings of arangoes, for the other I gave a note upon Mr. Walker for a bar of salt.

1794, James Watt, Journal of James Watt: Expedition to Timbo Capital of the Fula Empire in 1794:

A rough carnelian bead, formerly used in Africa as currency when buying slaves for the slave trade.


cordoba

Anastasio Somoza says, 'I think I will throw a one-thousand cordoba bill overboard and make one Nicaraguan citizen very happy.'

1990 June 29, Michael Ervin, “Sandinista!”, in Chicago Reader:

Alternative form of córdoba (“currency of Nicaragua”)


ryder

(obsolete) A gold coin of Zealand (Netherlands) worth 14 florins.


abbasi

From Persian عباسی ('abbâsi); see for more. Doublet of abazi.

(numismatics) A silver coin of Persia, introduced by Safavid Shah Abbas in 16th century, worth about twenty cents.

(numismatics) An Afghan bronze coin from the early 20th century, equivalent to four shahi.


didrachma

didrachma (plural didrachmas or didrachmae or didrachmai)

didrachmas (plural)
didrachmae (plural)
didrachmai (plural)

An Ancient Greek silver coin worth two drachmas.


cuartilla

From Spanish cuartilla, from cuarto and cuarta (“fourth, quarter”) + -illa (“-elle: forming diminutives”), from Latin quartus (“fourth”). Doublet of cuartillo and quartilho.

(historical) A traditional Spanish unit of dry measure, equivalent to about 13.9 L.


adarme

From Spanish adarme (“¹⁄₁₆ Spanish ounce, peso”), from Andalusian Arabic الدرهم (ad-dárham), from Arabic دِرْهَم (dirham, “dirham”), from Middle Persian 𐭦𐭥𐭦𐭭 (drahm), from Ancient Greek δραχμή (drakhmḗ, “drachma”). Doublet of dram, drachma, diram, dirham, and dirhem.

bor

<small>¹<big>⁄</big>₁₆</small> Spanish ounce, peso

doublet

(numismatics) Synonym of peso, during periods when it was a Spanish coin notionally equivalent to an adarme of gold.


special drawing right

en-noun

special drawing right (plural special drawing rights)

International Monetary Fund
International Monetary Fund

A monetary unit of account maintained by the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the value of which is based on a basket of major currencies, currently (since 2016) consisting of the US dollar, the euro, the renminbi, the Japanese yen, and the pound sterling.


C$

Canadian dollar
Confederate States dollar


naxar

An unrecognised currency created by the Chechen separatists.


mehalek

(historical) A former currency of Abyssinia.


banana money

From the prominent illustration of a banana tree on some series of the notes.

(informal) World War II Japanese invasion money.


invasion money

(historical, World War II) Currency issued by the Japanese government for use in its occupied territories.


quarter farthing

quarter farthing (plural quarter farthings)

[‘]The score, however, was only 10 thalers, 4 groschen, 6 pfennigs’ (30 shillings, 5 pence, and 2 or perhaps 3 quarter-farthings), ‘for what I had run-up in eight weeks[.]’

1750 June–August, Thomas Carlyle, in The Works of Thomas Carlyle III (2010), ed. Henry Duff Traill, page 257

(historical numismatics) A British coin, produced for circulation in Ceylon 1839–1853, which, at a face value of ⅟₁₆d. (£⅟₃₈₄₀), is the lowest denomination of coin ever minted for the United Kingdom.

quart de farthing

former British coin denominated to ⅟₁₆d.


luigino

/ˌluːiːˈd͡ʒiːnəʊ/

Borrowed from Italian luigino, from luigi (“louis”) + -ino (diminutive suffix).

(historical numismatics) An imitation coin, based on the French petit louis, once used mostly as an ornament.

Really, how often do you need to figure out how many Seborga luiginos are equal to 800 Uzbekistan soms?

2010, David A. Crowder, Building a Web Site For Dummies, page 266:

And in tiny, proud Seborga, pockets bulging with luiginos, His Tremendousness makes his way along the cobbles, singing to himself, in the words of the old patriotic hymn […].

2009, Travel & Leisure, volume 39, page 111:

(numismatics) The local currency of the internationally unrecognised micronation of Seborga, in northeastern Italy.


three halfpence

head

three halfpence (sometimes a plural noun with the singular three halfpenny, sometimes singular, plural three halfpences)

(historical numismatics) A silver coin with a face value of one and a half pence (1½d.):

Such a British coin (1½d. = £⅟₁₆₀), minted 1834–1843 and 1860–1862 for circulation in the colonies of the British Empire (chiefly Ceylon and the West Indies).


kreuzer

From German Kreuzer, from Kreuz (“cross”).

‘She bought them in the market for a kreuzer!’

1960, Gottfried Keller, translated by AM Holt, Green Henry, Calder Publications, published 2010, page 647:

(historical) A small coin of varying value formerly used in parts of Germany and Austria.

krejcar

small coin used in parts of Germany and Austria


tiyin

Borrowed from Kazakh тиын (tiyn) or Uzbek тийин (tiyin), both originally meaning "squirrel", because in the ancient era squirrel pelts were used as currency. Compare Kazakh тиін (tiın, “squirrel”), Kyrgyz тыйын (tıyın, “kopek, coin, squirrel”) Uyghur تىيىن (tiyin, “squirrel, kopeck”), Turkish değin, Khakas тиин (tiin), Yakut тииҥ (tiiñ), etc.

cog

A former currency unit of Kazakhstan, one hundredth of a tenge.


qapik

In 1992 it reformed its system and introduced the manat (also spelled man'at), equal to 10 rubles, and divisible into 100 qapik (also qepiq). According to Islamic lore, Manat was the daughter of Allah.

2006, Howard M. Berlin, World Monetary Units: An Historical Dictionary, page 17:

European coins
Azerbaijan
1992 10 Qapik, eight-pointed star (AL)
1993 20 Qapik, crescent and star (AL)
1996 50 Manat, Mohammed Fuzuli (S)

2010, Warman's World Coins Field Guide: Values & Identification, page 207:

1 manat = 100 qapik

2012, Azerbaijan Export Catalogue (2012), page 10:

Bus 116 runs every 30 minutes, […] The fare is 30 qapik (€0.30).

2013, Discover Bosnia, page 88, section From the Airport, subsection Azerbaijan

[…] and reach all destinations for 5 qapiks per minute.

2014 June 2, Caucasian Business Week, 56, page 11:

It is subdivided into 100 qapik.

A unit of currency equivalent to a hundredth of an Azerbaijani manat.


Mosi-oa-Tunya

Borrowed from Tonga (Zambia) [Term?], meaning "smoke that thunders".

(neologism) a gold coin introduced in Zimbabwe in 2022 in the context of rising inflation.


bolognino

From Italian bolognino, after the city of Bologna.

Matteo di Capua followed the example of Chieti, the centre of his authority in the region, by striking a grosso agontano as well as a bolognino, the latter being of papal type with the bust of a saint, and the saint, shown standing on the grosso, being St Nicolas.

1986, Philip Grierson, Lucia Travaini, Medieval European Coinage: Volume 14, South Italy, Sicily, Sardinia:

(historical) Any of several types of coin once minted in Bologna.


trade dollar

(historical) A silver coin minted as a trade coin by various countries to facilitate trade with China and the Orient.


crockard

From Middle English crocard, from Anglo-Norman crocard/Old French crokard, of uncertain origin. Possibilities include:
* that it is from croc (“hook”), from a Scandinavian language (compare Old Norse krókr (“hook”)) + -ard.
* that it is related to croquier (“break in pieces”).
* that it is a diminutive of Middle English crok (“a crock, a potsherd”).

der

(historical, numismatics) A 13th-century coin minted in Europe as a debased counterfeit copy of the sterling silver penny of King Edward I, at first legally accepted as a halfpenny and then outlawed.


fening

Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian fening, from German Pfennig. Doublet of penny and pfennig.

A currency unit worth one hundredth of a Bosnia and Herzegovina convertible mark.


double napoleon

en-noun

double napoleon (countable and uncountable, plural double napoleons)

From its value of twice the 20-franc napoleon.

(countable, historical numismatics, slang) A former 40-franc gold coin issued by France.


stephening

(numismatics, historical, obsolete) Alternative form of steeping


steping

(numismatics, historical) Obsolete form of steeping.


reaal

From Dutch reaal, from Spanish real. Doublet of royal.

An obsolete currency in Curaçao, equivalent to six stuivers.


denga

(historical) An obsolete unit of currency in Russia equal to half a kopek.


kobang

(historical Japanese numismatics) Alternative form of koban.


joannes

(historical) An old coin of Portugal and Brazil.


mahbub

From Arabic مَحْبُوب (maḥbūb, “gold coin; beloved”).

der

His ready cash consisted of eight hundred thousand mahbub and funduclys; the rest of his treasure was in jewels, to the amount of about six million of ducats.

1783, Sauveur Lusignan, A history of the Revolution of Ali Bey against the Ottoman Porte, page 119:

The only coins allowed by the Turkish government to be struck at Cairo are the Mahbub (or Zermahbub) Sequins, and Medini.

1811, Patrick Kelly, The universal cambist, and commercial instructor, page 83:

At Grand Cairo in Egypt, contracts are made in funducli and mahbub sequins; the former are reckoned at 146 medini, and 3 mahbubs are equal to 4 pataccas, so that the mahbub is worth 120 medini.

1819, Abraham Rees, The Cyclopædia: Or, Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Literature:


millime

Borrowed from French millime; compare centime.

A unit of currency equal to one thousandth of a Tunisian dinar.

(historical) A unit of currency equal to one thousandth of an Egyptian pound.


grossetto

/ɡɹoʊˈsɛtoʊ/

/ɡɹəʊˈsɛtəʊ/

Borrowed from Italian grossetto, diminutive of grosso.

A copper piece, called the grossetto, and resembling the grosso in character and design, but having on the reverse the legend TIBI LAVS & GLORIA, made its first appearance under the Doge Veniero (1383-1400) and at a later period we find the half-grossetto (1523-38).

Probably the best-known example of this is the grosso, with its varieties, the grossetto and the grossone; these names can of course be traced to the numi grossi, i. e., thick coins, or large denarii originally struck in Bohemia in the thirteenth century.

1917, “The Numismatist: An Illustrated Monthly Magazine for Those Interested in Coins, Medals, and Paper Money”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), volume 30:

However, six years after his death a new double grosso was introduced; from this point on the term grossone would be used for the new large coin, and grossetto for the normal grosso.

2013, Benjamin Arbel, Intercultural Contacts in the Medieval Mediterranean:

(historical, numismatics) An Italian coin of the fourteenth century.


tomin

From Spanish tomín, from Andalusian Arabic ثُمْن (ṯúmn), from Arabic ثُمْن (ṯumn, “one-eighth”), from the root ن (n) م (m) ث (ṯ-m-n). Originally used in reference to it forming one-eighth of a castellano.

(historical) A traditional Spanish unit of mass, equivalent to about 0.6 g.

(historical) A former gold Spanish coin, notionally equivalent to a tomin in weight.

(historical) A former silver colonial Spanish coin, notionally equivalent to a gold tomin in value.


Austral

A Polynesian language spoken on the Austral Islands of French Polynesia.


half eagle

(US, numismatics, historical) A gold coin with a face value of five dollars, formerly used in the United States, one-half the value of the US eagle coin.


reisedaler

Reisedaler. The name given to a silver coin issued by Frederick V of Denmark in 1749, and specially struck for Norway. It had a value of six Marks and appears to have been made of native silver.

1917, Albert Romer Frey, A Dictionary of Numismatic Names:

Denmark's currency during the eighteenth century is somewhat involved. The speciedalers and reisedalers were the equivalent of 6 marks; the krone of 4 marks.

1948, The Numismatist, volume 61, page 572:

There were many other German and Scandinavian versions of the rix-dollar, rijksdaalder, reisedaler, or reichstaler rendering the definition of this coin very imprecise.

1993, Numismatic Studies, volume 20, page 65:

(historical) A coin of Denmark first minted in 1749.


sentimo

centavo (subdivision of Philippine peso)


cuartillo

From Spanish cuartillo (“¹⁄₄₈ Castilian bushel, &c.”), from Old Spanish quartillo (“little fourth”) in reference to its forming a fourth celemin, from quarto + -illo (“-elle: forming diminutives”), from Latin quartus (“one-fourth”). Doublet of cuartilla and quartilho.

bor

<small>¹<big>⁄</big>₄₈</small> Castilian bushel, &c.

(historical) A traditional Castilian unit of dry measure, equivalent to about 1.2 L.


stone money

Large circular limestone disks used as a form of currency by the Yapese people.


knife money

From knife + money, from its knifelike shape.

(historical, banking) Large knife-shaped money made from cast bronze, used in China between 600 and 200 B.C. during the Zhou dynasty.


Bristol pound

(UK, historical) A local currency (not legal tender) in Bristol, England, tied to the pound sterling, introduced in 2012 to promote local business and retired in 2021. Symbol £B.


chittim

en-noun

chittim (countable and uncountable, plural chittims)

Louisa brought four chittims (about a halfpenny).

1898, Children's Missionary Magazine of the United Presbyterian Church:

Eno whispered to her to take chittims and pay for her nuts.

1909, Beatrice W. Welsh, An African Girl: The Story of Ma Eno, page 53:

It is also on record that brass rods (worth 6d each) and chittims (worth ¼d each) were used in Efik, Uruan, Oron and the Cross River countries during this period.

1990, Stella Attoe, A Federation of the Biase People:


blue won

Coordinate term: red won

foreign exchange certificate
foreign exchange certificate

(historical) A foreign exchange certificate issued to visitors to North Korea from capitalist countries.


red won

Coordinate term: blue won

(historical) A foreign exchange certificate issued to visitors to North Korea from socialist countries.


chuckram

Borrowed from Malayalam ചക്രം (cakraṁ), from Sanskrit चक्र (cakra).

(British India) A small silver coin (value 1/32 of a rupee) once used in Travancore.


dodecadrachm

An Ancient Greek gold coin that had a value of twelve drachmas


estmark

(historical) The currency of Estonia after the end of German occupation in November 1918, replaced a few years later by the kroon.


gold certificate

gold certificate (plural gold certificates)

A certificate of ownership of gold metal stored by another entity, used historically as a paper currency of the United States (1863–1933) and in modern times as a form of investment.


macuta

(historical) A former currency unit of Angola, worth five centavos.


silbergroschen

silbergroschen (plural silbergroschens or silbergroschen)

silbergroschens (plural)
silbergroschen (plural)

German Confederation
German Confederation

(numismatics) A coin used in Prussia and several other German Confederation states in northern Germany during the 19th century, worth one thirtieth of a thaler.


tridrachma

An Ancient Greek silver coin worth three drachmas.


trambiyo

An old monetary unit of Kutch, worth half a dokda.


yenny

From yen + -y (diminutive suffix), probably influenced by penny.

Went down to see the friendly gas peopl^([sic]) the other day. After I made it clear that I wasn't really in the mood to pay 650,000 little yennies for an oven, they relented and gave me the general lowdown on the kind of oven I need to get.

1996 May 29, Victor Murray, “Re: Wanted: A real oven”, in fj.life.in-japan (Usenet):

(informal) One yen (unit of Japanese currency); a coin worth one yen.


muzuna

(historical) A monetary unit of Algeria, worth one 24th of a budju.


sixpenny bit

(historical) Former (pre-decimalisation) British and Irish coins worth six old pennies.


ZiG

For a start, it's making it compulsory for companies to settle at least half of their quarterly taxes in ZiG, according to the central bank report.

2024 April 9, Huileng Tan, “Zimbabwe just introduced a new gold-backed currency in an attempt to fight inflation and wean off the US dollar”, in Business Insider, archived from the original on 2024-04-12:

After the ZiG was introduced electronically, bank accounts of some businesses were frozen, accused by the government of rejecting the new currency.

2024 April 30, Farai Mutsaka, “Zimbabwe’s ZiG is the world’s newest currency and its latest attempt to resolve a money crisis”, in The Associated Press, Harare:

Ms Dhliwayo would use Zigs if there were any to be had - but it mostly exists digitally, and in a place where people can rarely charge their phones because of blackouts, it is cash that counts.

2024 May 5, Farai Sevenzo, “Is Zimbabwe zigzagging into further currency chaos?”, in BBC News, Harare:

Abbreviation of Zimbabwe Gold, the official national currency of Zimbabwe since April 2024, which began as a gold-backed digital token in October 2023.