Algerian dinar

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Current circulating coins

ISO 4217 Code DZD

User(s) Algeria

Inflation 1.9%

Source The World Factbook, 2005 est.

Subunit

1/100 centime

Symbol د.ج (Arabic) or DA (Latin)

Coins

Freq. used 5, 10, 20, 50, and 100 dinars

Rarely used ¼, ½, 1, 2 dinars

Banknotes 100, 200, 500, 1000 dinars

Central bank Banque d'Algérie

Website www.bank-of-algeria.dz

The dinar is the currency of Algeria. Its ISO 4217 code is "DZD". The name is ultimately derived from the Roman denarius. It is subdivided into 100 centimes. The dinar was introduced in 1964, replacing the Algerian new franc at par.

[edit] Coins

Coins in general circulation are the 5, 10, 20, 50, and 100 dinars coins. Following the massive inflation which accompanied the transition to a more capitalist economy in the early 1990s, the centime or fractional dinar coins have dropped out of general circulation, whereas the 1 and 2 dinar coins are rarely used.[1] Nonetheless, prices are typically quoted in centimes in everyday speech; thus a price of 100 dinars is read as عشر الاف "ten thousand".

Coins of value greater than 5 dinars are bimetallic.

Some Circulating Coins
Image	Value	Diameter	Weight	Obverse	Reverse	Minted Year
	2 centimes	?? mm	?? g	??	??	1964
	5 centimes	?? mm	?? g	??	??	1977
	10 centimes	?? mm	?? g	??	??	1984
	20 centimes	?? mm	?? g	??	??	1972
	20 centimes	?? mm	?? g	??	??	1975
	50 centimes	?? mm	?? g	??	??	1975
	1 dinar	?? mm	?? g	??	??	1972
	5 dinar	?? mm	?? g	??	??	1972
	5 dinar	?? mm	?? g	??	??	1974
	10 dinar	?? mm	?? g	??	??	1981

Current 20 and 50 dinar and old 5 and 10 dinar coins

[edit] Banknotes

Banknotes in circulation are 100, 200, 500, and 1000 dinars.

Current DZD exchange rates

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Dinars
Current	Algerian dinar \| Bahraini dinar \| Islamic gold dinar \| Iraqi dinar \| Jordanian dinar \| Kuwaiti dinar \| Libyan dinar \| Macedonian denar \| Tunisian dinar \| Serbian dinar \| Sudanese dinar
Defunct	Abu Dhabi dinar \| Bosnia and Herzegovina dinar \| Croatian dinar \| Krajina dinar \| Republika Srpska dinar \| South Arabian dinar \| South Yemeni dinar \| Yugoslav dinar
As subunit	Iranian rial
See also	E-dinar
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Currencies of Africa
North	Algerian dinar \| Euro (Plaza de soberanía) \| Egyptian pound \| Libyan dinar \| Mauritanian ouguiya \| Moroccan dirham \| Sudanese dinar \| Sudanese pound \| Tunisian dinar
Central	Angolan kwanza \| Burundian franc \| Central African CFA franc (Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, and Gabon) \| Congolese franc \| Rwandan franc
West	Cape Verdean escudo \| Euro (Canary Islands, Madeira) \| Gambian dalasi \| Ghanaian cedi \| Guinean franc \| Liberian dollar \| Nigerian naira \| São Tomé and Príncipe dobra \| Sierra Leonean leone \| West African CFA franc (Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Niger, Senegal, and Togo)
East	Comorian franc \| Djiboutian franc \| Eritrean nakfa \| Ethiopian birr \| Kenyan shilling \| Seychellois rupee \| Somali shilling \| Somaliland shilling \| Tanzanian shilling \| Ugandan shilling
South	Botswana pula \| Euro (Mayotte, Réunion) \| Lesotho loti \| Malawian kwacha \| Madagascan ariary \| Mauritian rupee \| Mozambican metical \| Namibian dollar \| Saint Helena pound \| South African rand \| Swazi lilangeni \| Zambian kwacha \| Zimbabwean dollar
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