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Algerian dinar
دينار جزائري (Arabic)

Current circulating coins

ISO 4217 Code DZD

User(s) Algeria

Inflation 3%

Source The World Factbook, 2006 est.

Subunit

1/100 santeem (defunct)

Symbol دج (Arabic) or DA (Latin)

Coins

Freq. used 5, 10, 20, 50, 100 dinar

Rarely used ¼, ½ , 1, 2 dinar

Banknotes

Freq. used 200, 500, 1000 dinar

Rarely used 100 dinar (phase out)

Central bank

Banque d'Algérie

Website www.bank-of-algeria.dz

The dinar (Arabic: دينار) is the currency of Algeria. The ISO 4217 code is DZD. The name is ultimately derived from the Roman denarius. It is subdivided into 100 santeem (سنتيم). The dinar was introduced in 1964, replacing the Algerian new franc at par.

Coins

In 1964, coins in denominations of 1, 2, 5, 10, 20 and 50 santeem, and 1 dinar were introduced, with the 1, 2 and 5 santeem struck in aluminium, the 10, 20 and 50 santeem in aluminium bronze and the 1 dinar in cupro-nickel. The obverses showed the emblem of Algeria, while the reverses carried the values in Eastern Arabic numerals. In later decades, coins were issued sporadically with various commemorative subjects. However, the 1 and 2 santeem were not struck again, whilst the 5, 10 and 20 santeem were last struck in the 1980s.

In 1992, a new series of coins was introduced consisting of ¼, ½, 1, 2, 5, 10, 20, 50 and 100 dinar. The 10, 20, 50 and 100 dinar coins are bimetallic.

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

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Banknotes

The first series of dinar banknotes issued in 1964 consisted of 5, 10, 50 and 100 dinar denominations. In 1970 500 dinar notes were added, followed by 1000 dinar in 1992. Unlike the preceding notes of the Algerian new franc, the obverse texts of the dinar banknotes are written in Arabic, with the reverses in French.

Third series
Image		Value	Main Colour	Description		Date of
Obverse	Reverse	Value	Main Colour	Obverse	Reverse	printing	issue
		10 DA	Green	Diesel passenger train	Mountain village	2 December 1983
		20 DA	Red		Handcrafts and tower	2 January 1983
		50 DA	Green	Shepherd with flock	Framers on a tractor	1 November 1977
		100 DA	Blue	Village with minarets	Man working with plants	1 November 1981 8 June 1982
		200 DA	Brown	Place of the Martyrs, Algiers	One of the various bridges of Constantine	23 March 1983
Fourth series
		100 DA	Blue	Arab horse riders	Arab horse riders in a seal and a traditional sailboat	21 May 1992	1996
		200 DA	Brown	Koranic school		21 May 1992	1996
		500 DA	Violet and pink	Romans fighting on elephants	Romans fighting in a seal, a Roman tomb in Tipaza, a hot water fall in Hammam Debagh, Guelma Province (?)	21 May 1992 10 June 1998	1996 2000
		1000 DA	Red	A bison (?), paintings at Tassili n'Ajjer	More paintings from the Tassili, and the Hoggar (?)	21 May 1992 10 June 1998	1995 2000
For table standards, see the banknote specification table.

The 100 dinar note is being replaced by coins. 200, 500, and 1000 dinar notes are in circulation. The 1998 dated 500 and 1000 dinar notes have an additional vertical holographic strip on obverse.

Current DZD exchange rates

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References

Krause, Chester L. and Clifford Mishler (2003). 2004 Standard Catalog of World Coins: 1901-Present, Colin R. Bruce II (senior editor), 31st ed., Krause Publications. ISBN 0-87349-593-4.
Cuhaj, George S. (editor) (2006). Standard Catalog of World Paper Money: Modern Issues 1961-Present, 12th ed., Krause Publications. ISBN 0-89689-356-1.

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Currencies named dinar or similar
Circulating	Algerian dinar (دينار) · Bahraini dinar (دينار) · Iraqi dinar (دينار) · Jordanian dinar (دينار) · Kelantanese dinar (unofficial) · Kuwaiti dinar (دينار) · Libyan dinar (دينار) · Macedonian denar (денар) · Serbian dinar (динар) · Tunisian dinar (دينار)
Obsolete	Bosnia and Herzegovina dinar · Croatian dinar · French denier · Krajina dinar (динар) · Portuguese dinheiro · Republika Srpska dinar (динар) · South Yemeni dinar (دينار) · Spanish dinero · Sudanese dinar (دينار) · Yugoslav dinar (динар)
As subunit	Iranian qiran (قران) · Iranian rial (ریال)
See also	Andorran diner (commemorative) · denarius · E-dinar · Islamic gold dinar · Swiss dinar (used in Iraq)

Currencies of Africa
North	Algerian dinar · Euro (Plazas de soberanía) · Egyptian pound · Libyan dinar · Mauritanian ouguiya · Moroccan dirham · 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 (unrecognized) · Tanzanian shilling · Ugandan shilling
South	Botswana pula · Euro (Mayotte, Réunion) · Lesotho loti · Malawian kwacha · Malagasy ariary · Mauritian rupee · Mozambican metical · Namibian dollar · Saint Helena pound · South African rand · Swazi lilangeni · Zambian kwacha · Zimbabwean dollar

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