Emirati dirham in Central African Franc

AED Emirati dirham

Country of application:
United Arab Emirates

Coin denominations in circulation:
5 fils, 10 fils, 25 fils, 50 fils, 1 dirham.

Denominations of banknotes in circulation:
5, 10, 50, 100, 500 dirhams.

History reference:
The UAE Dirham is the national currency of the United Arab Emirates. Before the introduction of the dirham in 1973, the Indian rupee, the Persian Gulf rupee, the Bahraini dinar and the riyals of Qata...r and Saudi Arabia were used as the official currency in the country in different years. DH or Dhs are other common informal names. One dirham could be exchanged for smaller coins - fils. On the front side of the fils, the value is indicated in Arabic, and on the back - the face value in numbers. Interestingly, in 1976, the UAE government produced coins with portraits of famous leaders. Today, these coins are the subject of a collection. The UAE Dirham is the national currency of the United Arab Emirates. Before the introduction of the dirham in 1973, the Indian rupee, the Persian Gulf rupee, the Bahraini dinar and the riyals of Qatar and Saudi Arabia were used as the official currency in the country in different years. DH or Dhs are other common informal names. One dirham could be exchanged for smaller coins - fils. On the front side of the fils, the value is indicated in Arabic, and on the back - the face value in numbers. Interestingly, in 1976, the UAE government produced coins with portraits of famous leaders. Today, these coins are the subject of a collection.

XAF Central African Franc

Country of application:
Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon

Coin denominations in circulation:
1, 2, 5, 10, 25, 100, 500 francs.

Denominations of banknotes in circulation:
500, 1000, 2000, 5000, 10000 francs.

History reference:
The national official currency of Cameroon is the CFA franc BEAC, the franc of financial cooperation in Central Africa, or the Central African franc (international designation XAF). The Central Afric...an franc is the currency of thirteen African countries in the French franc currency area. The XAF has its origins in Frances African colonial empire. France ruled most of West and Central Africa from the mid-nineteenth century to the mid-twentieth century. In 1910, the French government established the French Equatorial Africa, which was a federation of French colonial possessions in Equatorial Africa, stretching north from the Congo River to the Sahel.