List of historical currencies explained
This is a list of historical currencies.
Ancient Mediterranean
Greece
Phoenicia
- Stater (electrum and silver)
- Trite (coin) (electrum third of a stater)
- Hekte (electrum sixth of a stater)
Persia
- Daric (gold)
- Sigloi (silver)
Carthage
See main article: Carthaginian coinage.
Etruscan
See main article: Etruscan coins.
Rome
See main article: Roman currency.
Israel
Ancient Armenia
- Dahekan
- Dang
- Dram
- P'ogh
- Kartez
- Tagvorin
Africa
Americas
Pre-colonial
Post-contact
Canada
- 5-sol French coin and silver coins – New France
- Spanish-American coins- unofficial
- Playing cards – 1685-1760s, sometimes officially New France
- 15 and a 30-deniers coin known as the mousquetaire – early 17th century New France
- Gold Louis – 1720 New France
- Sol and Double Sol 1738–1764
- English coins early 19th century
- Tokens and Army Bills – War of 1812
- British Shinplaster 1870s
- United States silver coins 1868–1869
Caribbean
Mexico
- Mexican dollar
- Mexican real
- Original Mexican peso – replaced by the nuevo peso (MXN), now just called peso, in 1993
Asia
China
See also: Ancient Chinese coinage.
Taiwan
Indonesia
Iran
Japan
Korean
Malaya
Vietnam
India
Other currencies
Oceania
Europe
South Caucasus
International
- Stelo, 1945–1993 monetary unit used by Esperantists.
- Bitcoin, 2009–Present. Global decentralized peer-to-peer digital currency.
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