Somali Shilling in Guyanese Dollar

SOS Somali Shilling

Country of application:
Somalia

Coin denominations in circulation:
-

Denominations of banknotes in circulation:
1000 shillings.

History reference:
The Somali shilling is the currency of the Federal Republic of Somalia. On the territory of Italian Somalia, the Indian rupee, the Maria Theresa thaler and the Eritrean thaler were in circulation, in... 1910-1925 the Italians issued the rupee of Italian Somalia. On July 1, 1925, it was replaced by the Somali lira, and when Italian Somalia was included in Italian East Africa, the East African Italian lira, which circulated along with the Italian lira. The civil war in Somalia in 1991 led to the formation of the self-proclaimed state of Somaliland. On October 18, 1994, the Somaliland government issues the Somaliland shilling, which lasted only 4 months until January 31, 1995, which was exchanged at the rate of 100 Somali shillings for 1 Somaliland shilling. In addition to Somali shillings, American dollars, euros, Egyptian and Sudanese pounds, and Mauritian rupees are used in circulation in the country.

GYD Guyanese Dollar

Country of application:
Guyana

Coin denominations in circulation:
1, 5, 10, 100 dollars.

Denominations of banknotes in circulation:
20, 50, 100, 500, 1000, 5000 dollars.

History reference:
The Guyanese dollar is the official currency of Guyana. Currency code: GYD. In Guyana, the national currency is the Guyanese dollar. It is split into 100 cents. The international letter designation o...f the currency is GYD, and its symbol is G$. In terms of denominations of coins and banknotes, the Guyanese dollar is not very diverse when compared with other currencies. So, you can find large denominations of 1000 and 500 dollars, and small denominations of 100 and 20. Coins are presented in only three types: 1, 5 and 10 dollars. A few years ago (in 2013) the authorities introduced the $5,000 bill. The cooperative republic of Guyana was colonized by Britain for a certain time. In those years, the state of Guyana was called British Guiana. The East Caribbean dollar was then used as the currency. It was a recognized unit of the OECS (Organization of the Eastern Caribbean States). Since the mid-60s of the last century, during the period of the states struggle for independence, the Bank of Guyana decides to put into circulation its own national currency of the country. This currency was the Guyanese dollar. Then it exchanged with the OECS dollar at a one-to-one rate.