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[edit] Current least valued currency units
As of March 8, 2010, there were 41 currencies for which 1 USD was worth over 100 units.In addition:
- Somaliland, not widely recognised as an independent sovereign state, issues its own currency, the Somaliland shilling. The Somaliland Central Bank currently has no official exchange rate. As of December 2008, the rate of the shilling was 7,500 to the US dollar [1]
- Zimbabwe's currency, the Zimbabwean dollar, was indefinitely suspended on 12 April 2009, and is not included on this list.
| No. | State | Currency | Abbr | 1 US dollar = (as of March 8, 2010) | 1 Euro = (as of May 19, 2009) | Highest valued coin (if any) | Highest valued banknote | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. |  Somalia | shilling | SOS | 33,300[2] | 45,395 | None in use | 1,000 (3¢) | Official rate: 1 USD = 1,517.00 SOS |
| 2. |  Vietnam | đồng | VND | 19,347[3] | 25,773.32 | 5,000 (28¢) | 500,000 ($28.12) | |
| 3. |  São Tomé and Príncipe | dobra | STD | 18,040.00 | 24,586.75 | 2,000 (13¢) | 100,000 ($6.30) | |
| 4. |  Iran | rial | IRR | 9,893.00 | 13,484.92 | 1000 (10¢) | 100,000 (legal tender; $10) 5,000,000 ("cash cheque"; $509.62) | |
| 5. |  Indonesia | rupiah + | IDR | 9,175.00 | 12,505.14 | 1,000 (10¢, uncommon) 500 (5¢, common) | 100,000 ($9.18) | |
| 6. |  Laos | kip | LAK | 8,482.50 | 11,562.72 | None in use | 50,000 ($5.86) | |
| 7. |  Guinea | franc | GNF | 4,991.14 | 6,803.00 | None in use | 10,000 ($2.16) | |
| 8. |  Paraguay | guaraní | PYG | 4,663.37 | 6,356.78 | 1,000 (20¢) | 100,000 ($19.82) | To be redenominated 1/1/2011 |
| 9. |  Zambia | kwacha | ZMK | 4,660.00 | 6,351.96 | None in use | 50,000 ($9.77) | |
| 10. |  Cambodia | riel | KHR | 4,191.85 | 5,712.63 | None in use | 100,000 ($24.13) | |
| 11. |  Sierra Leone | leone | SLL | 3,855.00 | 5,254.60 | 500 (16¢, uncommon) 100 (3¢) | 10,000 ($3.20) | |
| 12. |  Belarus | ruble | BYR | 2,911.29 | 3,968.38 | None in use | 100,000 ($36.13) | |
| 13. |  Madagascar | ariary | MGA | 2,167.84 | 2,955.37 | 50 (3¢) | 10,000 ($5.08) | |
| 14. |  Uganda | shilling | UGX | 2,050.00 | 2,794.38 | 500 (22¢) | 50,000 ($22.04) | |
| 15. |  Colombia | peso + | COP | 1,800.00 | 2,450.77 | 500 (27¢) | 50,000 ($27.77) | |
| 16. |  Lebanon | pound | LBP | 1,504.50 | 2,051.13 | 500 (33¢) | 100,000 ($66.53) | |
| 17. |  Uzbekistan | som | UZS | 1,527.01 | 2,081.83 | 100 (7¢) | 1,000 ($0.68) | |
| 18. |  Mongolia | tögrög | MNT | 1,422.50 | 1,939.37 | 500 (35¢) | 20,000 ($14.08) | |
| 19. |  Tanzania | shilling | TZS | 1,353.00 | 1,844.62 | 200 (15¢) | 10,000 ($7.52) | |
| 20. |  South Korea | won ‡ | KRW | 1,131.85 | 1,543.13 | 500 (40¢) | 50,000 ($40.14) | |
| 21. |  Burundi | franc | BIF | 1,221.71 | 1,665.47 | None in use | 10,000 ($8.25) | |
| 22. |  Iraq | dinar | IQD | 1,167.40 | 1,591.43 | 100 (9¢) | 25,000 ($21.41) | |
| 23. |  Myanmar | kyat | MMK | 1,028 [1] | 1,028 | 100 (10¢) | 5,000 ($4.86) | Official rate: 1USD = 6.37674 MMK |
| 24. |  Democratic Republic of the Congo | franc | CDF | 910.33 | 1,241.06 | None in use | 500 (66¢) | |
| 25. |  Rwanda | franc | RWF | 568.53 | 775.07 | 100 (18¢) | 5,000 ($8.82) | |
| 26. |  Costa Rica | colón | CRC | 548.15 | 747.30 | 500 (87¢) | 50,000 ($98.03) | |
| 27. |  Chile | peso | CLP | 508.75 | 693.54 | 500 (89¢) | 20,000 ($35.65) | |
| 28. | Central Africa | CFA franc | XAF | 481.17 | 655.95 | 500 (104¢) | 10,000 ($20.78) | Pegged rate: 1 € = 655.957 XAF |
| 28. | West Africa | CFA franc | XOF | 481.17 | 655.95 | 500 (104¢) | 10,000 ($20.78) | Pegged rate: 1 € = 655.957 XOF |
| 29. |  Comoros | franc | KMF | 360.88 | 491.96 | 100 (28¢) | 10,000 ($27.71) | Pegged rate: 1 € = 491.968 KMF |
| 30. |  Armenia | dram | AMD | 381.51 | 520.11 | 500 ($1.34) | 100,000 ($266.99) | |
| 31. |  Mauritania | ouguiya | MRO | 264.00 | 359.90 | 20 (8¢) | 2,000 ($7.52) | |
| 32. |  Yemen | rial | YER | 206.00 | 280.82 | 20 (10¢) | 1,000 ($4.98) | |
| 33. |  Guyana | dollar | GYD | 203.52 | 277.44 | 10 (5¢) | 1,000 ($4.88) | |
| 34. |  Hungary | forint | HUF | 194.78 | 265.52 | 200 (98¢) | 20,000 ($97.73) | |
| 35. |  Djibouti | franc | DJF | 176.52 | 240.64 | 500 ($2.82) | 10,000 ($56.45) | |
| 36. |  Nigeria | naira | NGN | 150.60 | 205.30 | 2 (1¢) | 1,000 ($6.70) | |
| 37. |  Malawi | kwacha | MWK | 149.78 | 204.19 | 10 (7¢) | 500 ($3.56) | |
| 38. |  Kazakhstan | tenge | KZT | 146.34 | 199.50 | 100 (66¢) | 10,000 ($66.34) | |
| 39. |  Iceland | kronur | ISK | 127.56 | 173.88 | 100 (78¢) | 5,000 ($39.19) | The krona is current not traded freely, with the last ECB reference rate having been set on 3 Dec 08 [4] |
| 40. |  Sri Lanka | rupee | LKR | 113.84 | 155.20 | 5 (4¢) | 2,000 ($17.38) | |
| 41. |  Albania | lek | ALL | 102.10 | 139.19 | 100 ($1.03) | 5,000 ($51.61) | |
| Data for all other currencies taken from Xe.com Data for Myanmar kyat taken from The Irrawaddy News Magazine | ||||||||
- Notes
- + – Redenomination is currently being considered.
- ‡ – The least valued currency of any OECD member state
[edit] Historical least valued currencies
| Start Date | Finish Date | Country | Currency Unit | Units per US Dollar | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | 21 May 1911 |  Portugal | Portuguese real | 900 | new currency: 22 May 1911: 1 escudo = 1,000 réis |
| 22 May 1911 | Mid-1920 |  Brazil | Brazilian real | 900 - 5,000 | |
| Mid-1920 | 31 Dec 1921 |  Russia | Soviet first ruble | 5,000 - 60,000 | new currency 1 Jan 1922: 1 second Soviet ruble = 10,000 first Soviet rubles |
| 1 Jan 1922 | September 1922 |  Austria | Austrian krone | 4,500 - 12,500 | German papiermark inflates |
| September 1922 | 31 Dec 1923 |  Weimar Republic | Mark | 12,500 - 4,000,000,000,000 | new currency 1 Jan 1924: 1,000,000,000,000 Papiermark = 1 Rentenmark |
| 1 Jan 1924 | 13 Apr 1924 |  Poland | Polish marka | 5,000,000 - 9,324,000 | new currency 14 Apr 1924 1 Polish zloty = 1,800,000 marek |
| 14 Apr 1924 | 19 Dec 1924 | Austria | Austrian krone | 26,000 - 45,000 | new currency 20 Dec 1924: 1 schilling = 10,000 Austrian kronen |
| 20 Dec 1924 | 31 Dec 1926 | Hungary | Hungarian korona | 7,000 - 63,000 | new currency 1 Jan 1927: 1 pengő = 12,500 Hungarian korona |
| 1 Jan 1927 | 31 Oct 1942 | Brazil | Brazilian real | 8,000 - 20,000 | new currency 1 Nov 1942: 1 Brazilian cruzeiro = 1,000 réis |
| 1 Nov 1942 | 9 Nov 1944 |  Greece | Greek drachma | 3,500 - 7,500,000,000,000 | new currency : 50,000,000,000 old drachmai = 1 new drachma |
| Nov 10 1944 | August 1945 |  Romania | leu | 3,500 - 25,000 | Hungarian pengõ hyperinflates |
| August 1945 | August 1946 |  Hungary | pengő | changed daily | new currency 18 Aug 1946: 1 forint = 400,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 pengő |
| 19 Aug 1946 | 14 Aug 1947 | Romania | leu | 100,000 - 5,050,000 | new currency 15 Aug 1947: 20,000 leu = 1 new Romanian leu |
| 15 Aug 1947 | 30 Nov 1948 |  Republic of China | Fabi | 250,000 - 105,000,000 | new currency 1 Dec 1948: 1 gold yuan = 3,000,000 fabi |
| 1 Dec 1948 | 30 Apr 1954 | Greece | drachma | 20,000 - 30,000 | new currency 1 May 1954: 1,000 drachmai = 1 new drachma |
| 1 May 1954 | 28 Feb 1955 |  China | yuan | 24,600 | new currency 1 March 1955: 10,000 First Series Renminbi yuan = 1 Second Series Renminbi yuan |
| 1 Mar 1955 | 5 Jan 1958 |  Italy | Italian lira | 625 | |
| 6 Jan 1958 | 31 Dec 1959 | Chile | Chilean peso | 650 - 1,051 | new currency 1 January 1960 : 1,000 pesos = 1 Chilean escudo |
| 1 Jan 1960 | 31 Dec 1962 |  Bolivia | Bolivian boliviano | 750 - 11,875 | new currency 1 January 1963: 1,000 bolivianos = 1 Bolivian peso |
| 1 Jan 1963 | 12 Dec 1965 | Indonesia | Indonesian rupiah | 1,205 - 4,995 | new currency 13 December 1965: 1,000 old rupiah = 1 new rupiah |
| 13 Dec 1965 | 12 Feb 1967 | Brazil | Brazilian cruzeiro (BRZ) | 1,950 - 2,710 | new currency 13 February 1967: 1,000 cruzeiros = 1 Cruzeiro novo |
| 13 Feb 1967 | Mid-June 1974 | Italy | Italian lira | 620 - 640 | |
| Mid-June 1974 | 28 Sep 1975 | Chile | Chilean escudo | 640 - 6,000 | new currency 29 Sep 1975 : 1000 escudo = 1 Chilean peso |
| 29 Sep 1975 | November 1978 | Italy | Italian lira | 680 - 850 | |
| November 1978 | 31 May 1983 |  Argentina | Argentine peso ley | 850 - 81,105 | new currency 1 June 1983 : 10,000 pesos ley = 1 peso argentino |
| 1 June 1983 | 21 Nov 1984 |  Peru | Peruvian sol | 1,494 - 4,969 | Bolivian peso devalues |
| 22 Nov 1984 | 4 January 1987 | Bolivia | Bolivian peso | 8,786 - 2,000,000 | new currency 5 January 1987 : 1,000,000 pesos = 1 boliviano |
| 5 January 1987 | 31 January 1988 |  Nicaragua | Nicaraguan córdoba | 6,000 - 50,000 | new currency 1 February 1988 : 10,000 old córdobas = 1 new córdoba |
| 1 February 1988 | June 1988 | Vietnam | Vietnamese đồng (VND) | 1,700 - 4,500 | Dong devalued from 900 to 3000 [2] |
| June 1988 | 31 December 1989 |  Yugoslavia | Yugoslav dinar (YUD) | 4,500 - 40,000 | new currency 1 January 1990 : 10,000 hard dinar = 1 convertible dinar |
| 1 January 1990 | 30 April 1991 | Nicaragua | Nicaraguan córdoba | 40,000 - 25,000,000 (official) 350,000 - 30,000,000 (parallel) | new currency 1 May 1991 : 5,000,000 1988 cordóbas = 1 hard córdoba |
| 1 May 1991 | 30 June 1991 | Peru | Peruvian inti (PEI) | 705,000 - 835,000 | new currency 1 July 1991 : 1,000,000 intis = 1 nuevo sol (inti valid until 31 December 1991) |
| 1 July 1991 | October 1993 |  Zaire | Zairean Zaire (ZRN) | 61,900 - 7,915,000 | new currency October 1993 : 3,000,000 Old Zaire = 1 New Zaire |
| October 1993 | 10 Jan 1994 |  Angola | Angolan novo kwanza (AON) | 34,200 | - |
| 11 Jan 1994 | 23 Jan 1994 |  Yugoslavia | Yugoslav "1994 dinar" | 46,000 - 6,850,000 | Changed daily due to hyperinflation new currency 24 Jan 1994: 10~13 million "1994 dinara" = 1 novi dinar (YUM) (pegged to 1 German mark) |
| 24 Jan 1994 | 30 June 1995 | Angola | Angolan novo kwanza (AON) | 34,200 - 2,100,000 | new currency 1 July 1995: 1,000 novos kwanzas (AON) = 1 new kwanza reajustado (AOR) |
| 1 Jul 1995 | 30 Apr 1996 |  Turkey | Turkish lira (TRL) | 43,100 - 69,200 | - |
| 1 May 1996 | 30 Nov 1999 | Angola | Angolan kwanza reajustado (AOR) | 150,000 - 5,400,000 | new currency 1 Dec 1999: 1,000,000 kwanzas reajustados (AOR) = 1 new Angolan kwanza (AOA) |
| 1 Dec 1999 | 31 Dec 2004 | Turkey | Turkish lira (TRL) | 518,000 - 1,339,000 | new currency 1 Jan 2005: 1,000,000 old Turkish lira (TRL) = 1 new Turkish lira (TRY) (old lira valid to end of 2005) |
| 1 Jan 2005 | 30 June 2005 | Romania | Romanian leu (ROL) | 29,110 - 29,850 | new currency 1 July 2005: 10,000 old Romanian lei (ROL) = 1 new Romanian leu (RON) (old leu valid to 30 June 2006) |
| 1 July 2005 | 24 Aug 2005 |  Mozambique | Mozambican metical (MZM) | 24,400 | new currency 1 July 2006: 1,000 old Mozambique meticais (MZM) = 1 new Mozambique metical (MZN) (old metical valid to end of 2006) |
| 24 Aug 2005 | 31 Jul 2006 |  Zimbabwe | Zimbabwean dollar (ZWD) | 25,000-101,000 (official) 45,000-550,000 (parallel) | Changed daily due to hyperinflation Redenominated currency 1 Aug 2006: 1,000 first Zimbabwean dollars -> 1 second Zimbabwean dollar |
| 1 Aug 2006 | ca. 21 Mar 2007 | Vietnam | Vietnamese đồng (VND) | 16,000 - 16,736 | - |
| ca. 21 Mar 2007 | ca. 6 Apr 2007 | Zimbabwe | Second Zimbabwean dollar (ZWN) | 250 (official) 16,000 - 30,000 (parallel) | Changed daily due to hyperinflation |
| ca. 6 Apr 2007 | 8 Apr 2007 | Vietnam | Vietnamese đồng (VND) | 16,022 | Zimbabwean dollar briefly rose in value |
| ca. 8 Apr 2007 | 31 Jul 2008 | Zimbabwe | Second Zimbabwean dollar (ZWN) | 250 - 69,484,070,056 (official) 20,000 - 751,089,467,956 (parallel) | Changed daily due to hyperinflation. Redenominated currency 1 Aug 2008: 10,000,000,000 second Zimbabwean dollars = 1 third Zimbabwean dollar |
| 1 Aug 2008 | 21 Sep 2008 | Somalia | Somali shilling (SOS) | 35,000 | |
| 22 Sep 2008 | 2 Feb 2009 | Zimbabwe | Third Zimbabwean dollar (ZWR) | 96 - 12,336,416,667 (official) 80,000 - 300,000,000,000,000 (parallel/cash) | Changed daily due to hyperinflation. Redenominated currency 2 Feb 2009: 1,000,000,000,000 third Zimbabwe dollars --> 1 fourth Zimbabwe dollar |
| 3 Feb 2009 | present | Somalia | Somali shilling (SOS) | 28,250 - 33,000 |
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