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Replaced the Australian pound in 1966, decimalizing at 2 dollars to 1 pound. The first polymer bankn...

The worlds second most traded currency after the dollar. Introduced electronically in 1999, with not...

The first decentralized cryptocurrency, created by the pseudonymous Satoshi Nakamoto. Launched in Ja...

Created by Vitalik Buterin and launched in 2015. Introduced smart contracts, programmable agreements...

Replaced the Nigerian pound in 1973 at 2 naira to 1 pound. The name was coined by Chief Obafemi Awol...

Replaced the South African pound in 1961 when South Africa became a republic. Named after the Witwat...

Introduced in July 1994 as part of the Plano Real, ending decades of hyperinflation. At its launch, ...

The modern shekel was introduced in 1985, replacing the hyperinflated old shekel at 1,000 to 1. The ...

Introduced after Singapore separated from Malaysia in 1965. The Monetary Authority of Singapore mana...

The won replaced the hwan in 1962. South Koreas economic miracle saw the won strengthen from over 1,...

One of the lowest valued currencies per unit. Introduced after the reunification of North and South ...

The ringgit replaced the Malayan dollar in 1967. Ringgit means jagged in Malay, referring to the ser...

A common circulation coin featuring a flying crane. The 500 won coin is the highest denomination coi...

Introduced with decimalisation in 1971. Featured the Badge of the Prince of Wales, a plume of ostric...

The largest circulating coin in Australia. Features the coat of arms of Australia. The original 1966...

The one dollar coin of Canada. Features a common loon on the reverse, giving it the nickname loonie....

The two dollar coin of Canada. Features a polar bear on the reverse. Bimetallic with an aluminum bro...

The one cent coin of the eurozone. The smallest denomination of euro coin. Features a globe on the c...

The highest denomination Japanese coin in circulation. Features a Paulownia flower and the value in ...

The silver bullion coin of China, first issued in 1983. Features a different giant panda design each...

The official silver bullion coin of the United States. Contains one troy ounce of 99.9 percent pure ...

The official gold bullion coin of Canada. Contains one troy ounce of 99.99 percent pure gold, among ...

The first modern bullion coin, introduced in 1967. Contains exactly one troy ounce of pure gold. Fea...

The best selling gold bullion coin in the world in 1992, 1995, and 1996. Features instruments of the...

British bullion coins featuring Britannia, the female personification of Britain. The gold Britannia...

Chinas gold bullion coin, first issued in 1982. Like the silver version, features a different panda ...

The official currency of Somalia. Introduced after independence in 1960. The shilling collapsed duri...

Site of the second worst hyperinflation in history. At its peak in November 2008, inflation reached ...

The first US dollar coin issued after the Peace dollar series ended in 1935. Featured President Dwig...

The first US coin to feature a real woman. Susan B. Anthony was a leader of the womens suffrage move...

Featured Sacagawea, the Shoshone woman who guided Lewis and Clark. The golden color was intended to ...

A series honoring deceased US presidents, issued four per year from 2007 to 2016 and one final in 20...

Created just months after the assassination of President Kennedy in November 1963. The design was ba...

The official gold bullion coin of the United States. Contains one troy ounce of 91.67 percent pure g...

The official platinum bullion coin of the United States. The only US bullion coin available in 1/10 ...

The newest US bullion coin program. Features the Mercury dime Liberty design on the obverse and a hi...

Featured a colonial drummer boy on the reverse instead of the eagle. Dated 1776-1976. Over 1.6 billi...

Featured Independence Hall on the reverse. Dated 1776-1976. Over 521 million minted. The design by S...

The Eisenhower dollar with a special reverse featuring the Liberty Bell superimposed over the moon. ...

A 56 coin series featuring national parks and sites, one per state and territory. Issued from 2010 t...

A series honoring American innovation and innovators, one per state. Issued from 2019 at four per ye...

The most successful coin program in history. Five quarters per year from 1999 to 2008, each featurin...

Six additional quarters honoring the District of Columbia and five US territories: Puerto Rico, Guam...

The US Mint produced special three coin sets for the Bicentennial featuring the quarter, half dollar...

A modern dollar coin series honoring American innovation. Each year features four designs representi...

The Mexican silver bullion coin, first issued in 1982. Features Winged Victory on the obverse and th...

The silver bullion coin of Canada, introduced in 1988. Contains one troy ounce of 99.99 percent pure...

The platinum bullion coin of Canada. Available in 1 oz through 1/20 oz sizes. The platinum maple was...

The silver version of the popular gold Philharmonic bullion coin. Contains one troy ounce of 99.9 pe...

The Australian gold bullion coin featuring a kangaroo. The kangaroo design changes annually, making ...

The silver bullion coin of Australia featuring the kookaburra bird. Design changes annually. Contain...

A bullion coin featuring the koala. The platinum koala was introduced in 1987, among the earliest pl...

The silver bullion coin of Britain, first issued in 1997. Contains one troy ounce of 99.9 percent pu...

Features Admiral Yi Sun-sin, the legendary Korean naval commander who defeated the Japanese navy usi...

A bimetallic coin with a nickel brass center and copper nickel ring. Features 15 spokes on the rever...

The British one pound coin replaced the one pound banknote in 1983. Featured Queen Elizabeth II on t...

The bimetallic two pound coin features a nickel brass outer ring and copper nickel center. Reverse d...

The highest denomination euro coin. Bimetallic with a nickel brass center and copper nickel ring. Ea...

The one euro coin is bimetallic with a copper nickel center and nickel brass ring, the reverse of th...

Replaced the Jamaican pound in 1969 at 2 dollars to 1 pound, decimalizing Jamaican currency. Feature...

Introduced after the independence of Bangladesh from Pakistan in 1971. Replaced the Pakistani rupee ...

The highest valued currency unit in the world. One Kuwaiti dinar equals approximately 3.3 US dollars...

The second highest valued currency unit after the Kuwaiti dinar. Pegged to the US dollar at 0.376 di...

The third highest valued currency unit. Replaced the Indian rupee and the Gulf rupee. Pegged to the ...

Introduced when Qatar and Dubai jointly issued currency. Qatar adopted its own riyal after Dubai joi...

The currency of the United Arab Emirates since 1973, replacing the Qatar and Dubai riyal. Pegged to ...

The Jordanian dinar replaced the Palestinian pound. Pegged to the US dollar at 0.709 dinars to 1 dol...

The Tunisian dinar replaced the French franc at 1 dinar to 1,000 francs. The dinar is named after th...

The Algerian dinar replaced the Algerian new franc in 1964 after independence from France. The dinar...

Replaced the East African shilling in 1966 after Kenya gained independence. The Kenyan shilling is t...

Replaced the East African shilling in 1966. The Tanzanian shilling is managed by the Bank of Tanzani...

Ghana was the first African colony to gain independence in 1957. The cedi replaced the British West ...

See Nigerian Naira entry. The naira has depreciated dramatically since 2014 due to falling oil price...

A short lived currency that replaced the Argentine peso at 1,000 to 1 during the fight against hyper...

The CUC was pegged to the US dollar and used in the tourism sector and stores. Created during the Sp...

The currency of Malta until euro adoption in 2008. The Maltese lira was the second highest valued cu...

Modern commemorative coins resumed in 1982 with the Washington half dollar commemorating the 250th a...

A series of half ounce gold coins honoring the First Ladies of the United States. Issued alongside t...

A series of gold medals commemorating American artists, writers, and musicians. Issued from 1980 to ...

Introduced after the collapse of the Soviet Union, replacing the Soviet ruble. The tenge was the fir...

Replaced the Soviet ruble transitionally and then the coupon som in 1994. Uzbekistan was cautious in...

The kuna was the currency of Croatia from 1994 to 2023. Kuna means marten in Croatian, referencing t...

The tolar replaced the Yugoslav dinar after Slovenian independence in 1991. Named after the thaler, ...

The Slovak koruna replaced the Czechoslovak koruna after the dissolution of Czechoslovakia. Slovakia...

The Czech koruna replaced the Czechoslovak koruna after the dissolution of Czechoslovakia. The Czech...

The lari replaced the Georgian coupon at 1 million to 1. The word lari means hoard or property in Ol...

The dram replaced the Soviet ruble after Armenian independence. The dram was initially very weak due...

The manat replaced the Soviet ruble. Redenominated in 2006 at 5,000 to 1. The manat is pegged to the...

Belarus is the only former Soviet republic that still uses the ruble. The Belarusian ruble has been ...

The leu replaced the Soviet ruble after Moldovan independence. Named after the Romanian leu, reflect...

The denar replaced the Yugoslav dinar after Macedonian independence. The denar was initially pegged ...

The convertible mark replaced the Bosnian dinar and the Croatian kuna used in different parts of the...

On February 15, 1971, Britain switched to decimal currency. Decimal Day or D Day ended over 1,000 ye...

The heptagonal fifty pence coin replaced the ten shilling note. Featured Britannia on the reverse in...

A small heptagonal coin introduced to bridge the gap between the 10p and 50p. Featured the crowned T...

The decimal ten pence replaced the florin, continuing the 1848 tradition of a tenth of a pound coin....

The decimal five pence replaced the shilling. The original large 5p was reduced in size in 1990. Fea...

See British Two Pence entry. The 2p featured the Badge of the Prince of Wales on the reverse until 2...

The decimal one penny replaced the old penny which had been used for over 1,200 years. Featured a po...

The original decimal penny was called the new penny to distinguish it from the old pre decimal penny...

The euro coin designs were chosen through competitions. The obverse or national side was designed by...

The 50 euro cent coin features each countrys national design on the obverse and a map of Europe on t...

The 20 euro cent coin has a distinctive scalloped edge with seven indentations to aid recognition by...

The 10 euro cent coin features a large edge with fine ridges. Made of Nordic Gold alloy. Over 10 bil...

The 5 euro cent coin is made of copper covered steel. Features a smooth edge. Over 15 billion have b...

The 2 euro cent coin features a grooved edge with a fine ridge pattern. Made of copper covered steel...

Commemorative 2 euro coins are special issues with modified national sides. Each country may issue u...

The large Austrian 1000 schilling commemorative coins of the postwar era. Featured notable Austrians...

A large gold commemorative coin minted by France in the 1950s and 1960s. Featured various subjects i...

The large silver 500 lire coin of Italy. Featured a woman planting a tree on the reverse. The 500 li...

The Italian 1000 lire bimetallic commemorative series. Italy pioneered bimetallic coinage in Europe ...

Euro coins of Vatican City, the smallest country to issue euros. Vatican euro coins feature the Pope...

Euro coins of San Marino, a tiny republic surrounded by Italy. San Marino has a monetary agreement w...

Euro coins of Monaco. Featured Prince Rainier III and later Prince Albert II. Monaco euros are minte...

Euro coins of Andorra, the co principality in the Pyrenees. Andorra did not issue its own euros unti...

The currency of Comoros, an island nation in the Indian Ocean. The Comorian franc was pegged to the ...

The currency of Guinea since independence from France in 1958. Replaced the CFA franc when Guinea le...

The currency of Madagascar, introduced in 2005 replacing the Malagasy franc at 5 francs to 1 ariary....

The currency of Mauritania, one of only two non decimal currencies alongside the Malagasy ariary. 1 ...

The kwacha replaced the Zambian pound in 1968. Kwacha means dawn in Nyanja and Bemba, symbolizing in...

Introduced in 2016 as a parallel currency to the US dollar in Zimbabwe. Bond notes were supposedly b...

The currency of the self declared Republic of Somaliland, which is not internationally recognized. T...

Introduced after South Sudan gained independence from Sudan in 2011. The South Sudanese pound replac...

The Sudanese pound was introduced at independence in 1956. Redenominated in 2007 at 100 to 1, and ag...

The currency of Eritrea since independence from Ethiopia in 1993. The nakfa is named after the town ...

The leone replaced the British West African pound in 1964. The name comes from the Sierra Leone, mea...

The Rwandan franc replaced the Rwandan and Burundian franc in 1964. The National Bank of Rwanda was ...

The Burundian franc replaced the Rwandan and Burundian franc after the two countries separated their...

The currency of Tonga, the only Pacific island nation that was never colonized. The paanga replaced ...

The tala replaced the Western Samoan pound in 1967. Tala means tell or count in Samoan. The tala is ...

The kina replaced the Australian dollar at independence in 1975. Named after the kina shell, traditi...

Introduced at independence from Britain in 1977, replacing the Australian dollar. The Central Bank o...

The currency of Vanuatu since independence from Anglo French condominium rule in 1980. The vatu has ...

The American Platinum Eagle is the only US bullion coin with a proof version that changes design ann...

A designation used by grading services PCGS and NGC for coins submitted within the first 30 days of ...

Proof sets with the dime, quarter, and half dollar struck in 90 percent silver instead of the standa...

A premium proof set from 1983 to 1997 that included the commemorative silver dollar and sometimes ha...

A commemorative half dollar honoring both Booker T. Washington and George Washington Carver. Designe...

See Bitcoin entry. The total supply is capped at 21 million coins. New bitcoins are created by minin...

See Ethereum entry. Unlike Bitcoin, Ethereum has no hard supply cap but issues at a controlled rate....

The first major stablecoin, pegged to the US dollar. Each USDT is supposedly backed by dollar reserv...

A stablecoin pegged to the US dollar, issued by Circle. USDC is considered more transparent than Tet...

Originally an ERC-20 token on Ethereum, BNB migrated to its own blockchain, the Binance Smart Chain....

A high performance blockchain processing up to 65,000 transactions per second theoretically. Solana ...

Founded by Charles Hoskinson, a co-founder of Ethereum. Named after Ada Lovelace, the first computer...

Created by Ripple Labs for fast, low cost international payments. XRP can settle transactions in 3 t...

Founded by Gavin Wood, a co-founder of Ethereum. Polkadot enables different blockchains to interoper...

Created as a joke by Billy Markus and Jackson Palmer, based on the Doge internet meme featuring a Sh...

A meme token inspired by Dogecoin, featuring the same Shiba Inu breed. SHIB launched on Ethereum as ...

Created by Charlie Lee, a former Google engineer. Often called the silver to Bitcoins gold. Litecoin...

The leading privacy focused cryptocurrency. Monero uses ring signatures, stealth addresses, and conf...

The leading decentralized oracle network, connecting smart contracts with real world data. Chainlink...

A high performance blockchain platform using a novel consensus mechanism called Avalanche consensus....

A Layer 2 scaling solution for Ethereum. Originally called Matic Network. Polygon uses sidechains an...

The native token of The Open Network, originally developed by Telegram. The US SEC forced Telegram t...

The internet of blockchains. Cosmos enables different blockchains to communicate through the Inter B...

A Layer 1 blockchain developed by former Meta engineers who worked on the abandoned Diem project. Ap...