Algerian dinar

Also known as DZD, dinar

currency

AI overview

The Algerian dinar is the official money used in Algeria for buying and selling goods and services. It matters because it's the medium of exchange that enables commerce and economic activity throughout the country.

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Wikidata facts

Country: Algeria

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native label: ⴷⵉⵏⴰⵕ ⴰⴷⵣⴰⵢⵔⵉ
Commons category: Money of Algeria
central bank/issuer: Bank of Algeria
start time: 1964-04-01
unit symbol: DA
price: 0.007354
applies to jurisdiction: Algeria
conversion to standard unit: 0.032222723
replaces: Algerian franc

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Encyclopedic overview

The dinar (Arabic: دينار جزائري, romanized: Dīnār Ǧazāʾirī; sign: DA; code: DZD) is the monetary currency of Algeria and it is subdivided into 100 centimes. Centimes are now obsolete due to their extremely low value.

Etymology

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Algerian dinar” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.