Sahrawi peseta

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Sahrawi peseta
البيزيتا الصحراوي (Arabic) Peseta Saharaui (Spanish)
ISO 4217 code	EHP
Central bank	Polisario Front
User(s)	Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic
Inflation	NA%
Source	The World Factbook.
Pegged with	Euro (166.386 Pesetas = 1 €)
Subunit
1/100	céntimo
Symbol	₧ (rare, see Spanish peseta) / Ptas.
Coins	1, 2, 5, 50, 100, 200, 500 pesetas

The Sahrawi peseta (Arabic: البيزيتا الصحراوي‎, Spanish: Peseta Saharaui) is the currency of the partially recognized Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic. It is divided in 100 céntimos, although coins with this denomination have never been minted, nor have banknotes been printed.

The first Sahrawi pesetas were minted in 1990, but they were not adopted as the national coin of Western Sahara until 1997. As this territory is mostly controlled by Morocco, the circulating currency in that part of the country is the Moroccan dirham, with Algerian dinar and Mauritanian ouguiya circulating alongside the Sahrawi peseta in the Sahrawi refugee camps and the SADR-controlled part of Western Sahara.

As it is not an official currency and not circulating, the Change Rate is not really realistic. Despite this, Sahrawi Peseta has been pegged at par to Spanish Peseta, and when the latter was phased out by the Euro, the rate became 1€ for 166.386 Pts.

Coins

Non-commemorative coins are supposedly designated for circulation. They are made from cupronickel. The denominations are: 1, 2, 5, 50, 100, 200 and 500 pesetas.

Denomination	Year	Metal	Diameter (mm.)	Weight (gr.)	Obverse	Reverse
1 Peseta	1992	Cu+Ni	17.00	2.99	Bedouin and dromedary TRANSPORTE TIPICO النقل التقليدي	Value Coat of Arms REPUBLICA ARABE SAHARAUI DEMOCRATICA
2 Pesetas	1992	Cu+Ni	20.00	3.51	Bedouin and dromedary TRANSPORTE TIPICO النقل التقليدي	Value Coat of Arms REPUBLICA ARABE SAHARAUI DEMOCRATICA
5 Pesetas	1992	Cu+Ni	21.00		Bedouin and dromedary TRANSPORTE TIPICO النقل التقليدي	Value Coat of Arms REPUBLICA ARABE SAHARAUI DEMOCRATICA
50 Pesetas	1990	Cu+Ni	24.40	6.4	Bedouin and dromedary TRANSPORTE TIPICO النقل التقليدي	Value Coat of Arms REPUBLICA ARABE SAHARAUI DEMOCRATICA

There have also been commemorative emissions in copper, silver and gold, as some of those shown here:

Copper 100 pesetas. Prehistoric Animals (1993)
Gold 40,000 pesetas. 15^th Anniversary of diplomatic relations with Venezuela (1997)

References

v t e Currencies of Africa

North	Algerian dinar Egyptian pound Euro Plazas de soberanía Libyan dinar Mauritanian ouguiya Moroccan dirham Sahrawi peseta Sudanese pound Tunisian dinar

Central	Angolan kwanza Burundian franc Central African CFA franc Cameroon Central African Republic Chad Republic of the Congo Equatorial Guinea Gabon Congolese franc Rwandan franc

East	Comorian franc Djiboutian franc Eritrean nakfa Ethiopian birr Kenyan shilling Seychellois rupee Somali shilling Somaliland shilling (unrecognized) South Sudanese pound Tanzanian shilling Ugandan shilling

South	Botswana pula Zimbabwe British pound sterling Saint Helena Zimbabwe Euro French Southern and Antarctic Lands Mayotte Réunion Zimbabwe Lesotho loti Malagasy ariary Malawian kwacha Mauritian rupee Mozambican metical Namibian dollar Saint Helena pound South African rand Lesotho Namibia Swaziland Zimbabwe Swazi lilangeni U.S. dollar Zimbabwe Zambian kwacha Zimbabwean dollar (defunct due to hyperinflation)

West	Cape Verdean escudo Euro Canary Islands Madeira Gambian dalasi Ghana cedi Guinean franc Liberian dollar Nigerian naira São Tomé and Príncipe dobra Sierra Leonean leone West African CFA franc Benin Burkina Faso Guinea-Bissau Ivory Coast Mali Niger Senegal Togo

v t e Currencies named peso or similar

Circulating	Argentine peso Chilean peso Colombian peso Cuban convertible peso Cuban peso Dominican peso (peso oro) Macanese pataca Mexican peso Philippine peso (piso) Sahrawi peseta Uruguayan peso

Obsolete	Argentine peso argentino Argentine peso ley Argentine peso moneda corriente Argentine peso moneda nacional Bolivian peso Catalan peseta (pesseta) Costa Rican peso Ecuadorian peso Equatorial Guinean peseta Guatemalan peso Guinea-Bissau peso Honduran peso Japanese government-issued Philippine Peso Nicaraguan peso Paraguayan peso Peruvian peseta Portuguese Timorese pataca Puerto Rican peso Salvadoran peso Spanish peso Spanish peseta (pesseta, pezeta) Venezuelan peso

See also	Peso sign Maltese pataca (coin)

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Sahrawi peseta

Coins

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