Tunisian dinar

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20 millimes

ISO 4217 Code TND

User(s) Tunisia

Inflation 2.1%

Source The World Factbook, 2005 est.

Subunit

1/1000 millime

Symbol د.ت (Arabic) or DT (Latin)

Coins

Freq. used 10, 20, 50, 100 millimes, ½, 1, 5 dinars

Rarely used 1, 2, 5 millimes

Banknotes

Freq. used 5, 10, 20 dinars

Rarely used 30 dinars

Central bank Banque Centrale de Tunisie

Website www.bct.gov.tn

The dinar (ISO 4217 currency code TND) is the currency of Tunisia. It is subdivided into 1000 millimes. The dinar was introduced in 1960. It replaced the franc at a rate of 1000 francs = 1 dinar. The abbreviation DT seems to be used infrequently (TND is just as likely, and writing "dinar" after the amount seems to be the norm); the abbreviation TD is also mentioned in a few places, but seems unlikely to be correct given the French derivation (i.e. Dinar tunisien).

[edit] Coins

Coins in circulation are [1] (link includes current and historic coins and banknotes)

5 millimes
10 millimes
20 millimes
50 millimes
100 millimes
½ dinar (500 millimes)
1 dinar
5 dinars

There are also 1 and 2 millime coins which appear to still be legal tender, but are not currently produced, though occasionally encountered.

[edit] Banknotes

Banknotes in circulation are

5 dinars
10 dinars
20 dinars
30 dinars

It is a criminal offence in Tunisia to import or export dinars. Therefore, prices at duty-free shops are in convertible currencies like euros, US dollars and British pounds. There are many converting ATMs in the country for tourists.

Current TND 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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