Gandhari dinar

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Gandhari dinar
دينار غانذاري (Arabic)
ISO 4217 code GAD
Central bank Central Bank of Gandhara
User(s)  Gandhara
 Asabiya
 Diyafa
Inflation
Source
Method
2.9% (July 2015)
RTG News[1]
CPI
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.

History

The dinar was first introduced in 1704.

References

  1. ^ "Gandhara July inflation, overall and core, stabilizing near 2.9 per cent". Retrieved 19 September 2015.