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The '''dinar''' ([[Wikipedia:Currency_sign|sign]]: '''د.غ'''; [[Wikipedia:ISO_4217|code]]: '''GAD''') is the [[Wikipedia:Currency|currency]] of [[Gandhara]]. It is subdivided into 1,000 [[Wikipedia:Fils_(currency)|fulūs]] (singular: fils). As of 5 October 2014, the exchange rate was 1.65743 GAD per [[Wikipedia:Euro|euro]] and 1.32466 GAD per [[Wikipedia:United_States_dollar|U.S. dollar]].
The '''dinar''' ([[Wikipedia:Currency_sign|sign]]: '''د.غ'''; [[Wikipedia:ISO_4217|code]]: '''GAD''') is the [[Wikipedia:Currency|currency]] of [[Gandhara]]. It is subdivided into 1,000 [[Wikipedia:Fils_(currency)|fulūs]] (singular: fils). As of 5 October 2014, the exchange rate was 1.65743 GAD per [[Wikipedia:Euro|euro]] and 1.32466 GAD per [[Wikipedia:United_States_dollar|U.S. dollar]].
==Etymology==
The name "dinar" ([[Wikipedia:Arabic_language|Arabic]]: دينار, ''dīnār'') was borrowed via the [[Wikipedia:Syriac_language|Syriac]] ''dīnarā'' from the [[Wikipedia:Greek_language|Greek]] δηνάριον (''denárion''), which derived from the [[Wikipedia:Latin|Latin]] ''[[Wikipedia:Denarius|dēnārius]]''.


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Revision as of 14:24, 10 September 2015

Gandhari dinar
دينار غانذاري (Arabic)
ISO 4217 code GAD
Central bank Central Bank of Gandhara
User(s)  Gandhara
Asabiya
Diyafa
Subunit
1/1000

fils
Symbol د.غ (Arabic) or GD (Latin)
Coins
Freq. used

5, 10, 25, 50, 100 fulūs,
¼, ½ dinar
Banknotes
Freq. used
Rarely used

1, 2½, 5, 10, 25, 50, 100 dinars
250 dinars

The dinar (sign: د.غ; code: GAD) is the currency of Gandhara. It is subdivided into 1,000 fulūs (singular: fils). As of 5 October 2014, the exchange rate was 1.65743 GAD per euro and 1.32466 GAD per U.S. dollar.

Etymology

The name "dinar" (Arabic: دينار, dīnār) was borrowed via the Syriac dīnarā from the Greek δηνάριον (denárion), which derived from the Latin dēnārius.