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The highest-valued currency unit is the currency in which a single unit buys the highest number of any given other currency or the largest amount of a given good. Most commonly the calculation is made against a major reserve currency such as the euro (EUR), the pound sterling (GBP) or the United States dollar (USD).^{[citation needed]}

A high-valued currency is distinct from a hard currency, which is a currency widely accepted as a reliable store of value.^{[citation needed]}

List of highest-valued currency units

As of July 1, 2015, the highest-valued currency units are:^[1]

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No.	State/Organization	Currency	Code	United States dollars	USD⁻¹	Euro	EUR⁻¹	Kuwaiti dinars	KWD⁻¹	Highest valued coin	Highest valued banknote
1.	Kuwait	dinar	KWD	3.30459	0.30261	2.98951	0.33450	1	1	.100 (33c)	20 ($66.09)
2.	Bahrain	dinar	BHD	2.65245	0.37701	2.39964	0.41673	0.80266	1.24586	.5 ($1.33)	20 ($53.05)
3.	Oman	rial	OMR	2.59774	0.38495 ^{[nb 1]}	2.35020	0.42550	0.78610	1.27210	.05 (13c)	50 ($129.89)
4.	United Kingdom	pound ^{[nb 2]}	GBP	1.56165	0.64035	1.41296	0.70773	0.47255	2.11617	2 (common) ($3.12)	100 (Sco & NI) ($156.17) 50 (Eng & Wal) ($78.08)
	Falkland Islands	pound ^{[nb 1]}	FKP							2	50
	Gibraltar	pound ^{[nb 1]}	GIP							2	50
	Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha	pound ^{[nb 1]}	SHP							2	20
5.	Jordan	dinar	JOD	1.41093	0.70875 ^{[nb 1]}	1.27654	0.78338	0.42696	2.34213	1 ($1.41)	50 ($70.55)
6.	Cayman Islands	dollar	KYD	1.21951	0.82000 ^{[nb 1]}	1.10328	0.90642	0.36904	2.70977	.25 (30c)	100 ($121.95)
7.	European Union (Eurozone)	euro	EUR	1.10529	0.90474	1	1	0.33447	2.98985	2 ($2.21)	500 ($552.65)
8.	Switzerland	franc	CHF	1.05490	0.94795	0.95434	1.04784	0.31920	3.13281	5 ($5.27)	1000 ($1,054.90)
9.	United States	dollar	USD	1	1	0.90474	1.10529	0.30261	3.30459	1 (rare) .25 (more common)	100
	Bahamas	dollar	BSD	1 ^{[nb 1]}						1 (rare) .25 (common)	100
	Bermuda	dollar	BMD							1	100
	Panama	balboa	PAB							1	-
	Cuba	Convertible peso	CPU							1	100
10.	Azerbaijan	manat	AZN	0.95242	1.04996	0.86170	1.16049	0.28821	3.46969	.50 (47c)	100 ($95.24)
11.	Canada	dollar	CAD	0.79461	1.25848	0.71878	1.39124	0.24010	4.16486	2 ($1.58)	100 ($79.46)
12.	Australia	dollar	AUD	0.76501	1.30716	0.69201	1.44508	0.23158	4.31810	2($1.53)	100 ($76.50)
12.	Tuvalu	dollar	TVD	0.76501	1.30716	0.69201	1.44508	0.23158	4.31810	1 (77c)	100 ($76.50)
13.	Brunei	dollar	BND	0.73904	1.35311	0.66853	1.49583	0.22384	4.46750	0.5 (37c)	100 ($73.90) (common) 10,000 ($7,390.40) (rare)
13.	Singapore	dollar	SGD	0.73904	1.35311	0.66853	1.49583	0.22384	4.46750	1 (74c)	100 ($73.90) (common) 1,000 ($739.04) (rare)
14.	Libya	dinar	LYD	0.72993	1.37000	0.66086	1.51318	0.22113	4.52220	0.5 (36c)	50 ($36.50)
15.	New Zealand	dollar	NZD	0.67323	1.48538	0.60897	1.64213	0.20373	4.90850	2 ($1.34)	100 ($67.32)
16.	Bosnia and Herzegovina	convertible mark	BAM	0.56533	1.76888	0.51129	1.95583 ^{[nb 1]}	0.17119	5.84144	5 ($2.83)	200 ($113.07)
16.	Bulgaria	lev	BGN	0.56533	1.76888	0.51129	1.95583 ^{[nb 1]}	0.17119	5.84144	1 (56c)	100 ($56.52)
17.	Aruba	florin	AWG	0.55866	1.79000 ^{[nb 1]}	0.50533	1.97890	0.16911	5.91347	5 ($2.79)	500 ($279.33)
17.	Curaçao Sint Maarten	guilder	ANG	0.55866	1.79000 ^{[nb 1]}	0.50533	1.97890	0.16911	5.91347	5 ($2.79)	250 ($139.67)
18.	Tunisia	dinar	TND	0.50838	1.96702	0.45995	2.17417	0.15376	6.50391	5 ($2.54)	50 ($25.42)
19.	Barbados	dollar	BBD	0.50000	2.00000 ^{[nb 1]}	0.45237	2.21058	0.15130	6.60918	5 ($2.50)	200 ($100.07)
19.	Belize	dollar	BZD	0.50000	2.00000 ^{[nb 1]}	0.45237	2.21058	0.15130	6.60918	1 (50c)	100 ($50.00)
20.	Tonga	paʻanga	TOP	0.48245	2.07275	0.43661	2.29038	0.14602	6.84825	0.5 (24c)	100 ($48.25)

21 - Fijian dollar, 22 - Georgian lari

Notes

[1]
Currency peg.
[2]
The highest-valued currency unit of any OECD member-state.

References

Current least valued currency units

As of 20 April 2013, these are the 41 lowest valued currencies.^[1] ^[2]

In addition:

Zimbabwe's currency, the Zimbabwean dollar, was indefinitely suspended on 12 April 2009, and is not included on this list.
The Zambian kwacha was rebased 1000:1 on January 1, 2013 and is thus no longer on this list.

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No.	State	Currency	Abbr	1 US$ = (as of 26 September 2013)	1 Euro = (as of 26 September 2013)	Highest valued coin (if any)	Highest valued banknote	Notes
1.	Iran +	rial	IRR	24,815.6	33,452.9	5,000 (20¢)	100,000 (legal tender; $4.03) 1,000,000 ("Iran cheque"; $40.34)	NB: Free market rates are higher (38,450 /$) as of May 2013^[3] (reliable up-to-date figures are not always available)
2.	Vietnam	đồng	VND	21,094.1	28,436.3	5,000 (24¢)	500,000 ($23.70)
3.	São Tomé and Príncipe	dobra	STD	18,174.9	24,501.6	2,000 (11¢)	100,000 ($5.50)	Pegged rate: 1 € = 24,500 STD^[4]
4.	Indonesia +	rupiah	IDR	11,258.7	15,177.9	1,000 (9¢)	100,000 ($8.88)
5.	Belarus +	ruble	BYR	9,072.48	12,230.6	None in use	200,000 ($22.04)
6.	North Korea	won	KPW	8,020^[5]	10,810	None in common use	5,000 ($0.62)	Official rate: 1 USD = 127.53 KPW
7.	Laos	kip	LAK	7,852.49	10,586.3	None in use	100,000 ($12.73)
8.	Guinea	franc	GNF	6,790	9,153.78	None in use	10,000 ($1.47)
9.	Paraguay +	guaraní	PYG	4,424.82	5,965.18	1,000 (23¢)	100,000 ($22.60)
10.	Cambodia	riel	KHR	4,064.77	5,479.87	None in common use	100,000 ($24.60)
11.	Uganda	shilling	UGX	2,572.93	4,121.90	500 (19¢)	50,000 ($19.43)
12.	Madagascar	ariary	MGA	2,219.97	2,992.67	50 (2¢)	10,000 ($4.50)
13.	Uzbekistan	som	UZS	2,146.70	2,893.89	100 (5¢)	5,000 ($2.33)	NB: Black market rates ("bazaar rates") are higher, as of early 2013 by about 35-40%, but reliable figures are not always available.^[6]
14.	Colombia +	peso	COP	1,902.74	2,565.14	500 (26¢)	50,000 ($26.27)
15.	Mongolia	tögrög	MNT	1,630.19	2,197.64	500 (31¢)	20,000 ($12.27)
16.	Tanzania	shilling	TZS	1,607.47	2,167.17	200 (12¢)	10,000 ($6.22)
17.	Burundi	franc	BIF	1,539.97	2,076.32	None in use	10,000 ($6.49)
18.	Lebanon	pound	LBP	1,511.49	2,038.09	500 (33¢)	100,000 ($66.16)
19.	Somalia	shilling	SOS	1,264.17	1,704.61	None in use	1,000 (79¢)
20.	Iraq +	dinar	IQD	1,164.49	1,570.22	100 (9¢)	25,000 ($21.47)	Pegged to USD
21.	South Korea	won ‡	KRW	1,075.88	1,450.73	500 (46¢)	50,000 ($46.47)
22.	Myanmar	kyat	MMK	974.99	1,314.64	100 (10¢)	10,000 ($10.26)
23.	Democratic Republic of the Congo	franc	CDF	918.34	1,238.25	None in use	10,000 ($10.89)
24.	Rwanda	franc	RWF	670.40	903.90	100 (15¢)	5,000 ($7.46)
25.	Costa Rica	colón	CRC	503.95	679.47	500 (94¢)	50,000 ($93.64)
26.	Chile	peso	CLP	501.70	676.45	500 ($1.00)	20,000 ($39.86)
27.	West Africa	CFA franc	XOF	486.51	655.96	500 ($1.03)	10,000 ($20.55)	Pegged rate: 1 € = 655.957 XAF
28.	Central Africa	CFA franc	XAF	486.50	655.96	500 ($1.03)	10,000 ($20.55)	Pegged rate: 1 € = 655.957 XAF
29.	Armenia	dram	AMD	405.86	547.00	500 ($1.23)	100,000 ($246.39)
30.	Malawi	kwacha	MWK	365.73	493.07	10 (3¢)	1,000 ($2.73)
31.	Comoros	franc	KMF	364.91	491.97	100 (27¢)	10,000 ($27.40)	Pegged rate: 1 € = 491.968 KMF
31.	Mauritania	ouguiya	MRO	284.50	383.57	50 (18¢)	5,000 ($17.57)
32.	Hungary	forint	HUF	222.22	299.60	200 (90¢)	20,000 ($90.00)
33.	Yemen	rial	YER	214.75	289.49	20 (9¢)	1,000 ($4.66)
34.	Guyana	dollar	GYD	202.90	273.54	10 (5¢)	1,000 ($4.92)
35.	Djibouti	franc	DJF	178.41	240.50	500 ($2.80)	10,000 ($56.05)	Pegged rate: 1 USD = 177.721 DJF^[7]
36.	Kazakhstan	tenge	KZT	153.65	207.11	100 (65¢)	10,000 ($65.08)
37.	Sri Lanka	rupee	LKR	132.00	177.99	10 (8¢)	5,000 ($37.88)
38.	Iceland	krona	ISK	121.35	163.58	100 (82¢)	10,000 ($82.40)	The krona is currently not traded freely, with the last ECB reference rate having been set on 3 December 2008^[8]
39.	Albania	lek	ALL	104.89	141.40	100 (95¢)	5,000 ($47.67)

Data for all currencies taken from xe.com unless noted otherwise.

Notes: + – Redenomination is currently being considered.; ‡ – The least valued currency of any OECD member state

Many currencies are not permitted to float on the foreign exchange market, to prevent capital flight or for political reasons. As a result, the parallel market (black market) price of a currency may deviate substantially from its official value.

Historical least valued currencies

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Start Date	Finish Date	Country	Currency Unit	Units per US Dollar	Notes
–	21 May 1911	Portugal	Portuguese real	900	new currency: 22 May 1911: 1,000 réis ⇒ 1 escudo
22 May 1911	Mid-1920	Brazil	Brazilian real	900 – 5,000
Mid-1920	31 Dec 1921	Russia	Soviet first ruble	5,000 – 60,000	new currency 1 Jan 1922: 10,000 first Soviet rubles ⇒ 1 second Soviet ruble
1 Jan 1922	September 1922	Austria	Austrian krone	4,500 – 12,500	German papiermark inflates
September 1922	31 Dec 1923	Germany	Mark	12,500 – 4,000,000,000,000	new currency 1 Jan 1924: 1,000,000,000,000 Papiermark ⇒ 1 Rentenmark
1 Jan 1924	13 Apr 1924	Poland	Polish marka	5,000,000 – 9,324,000	new currency 14 Apr 1924 1,800,000 marek ⇒ 1 Polish zloty
14 Apr 1924	19 Dec 1924	Austria	Austrian krone	26,000 – 45,000	new currency 20 Dec 1924: 10,000 Austrian kronen ⇒ 1 schilling
20 Dec 1924	31 Dec 1926	Hungary	Hungarian korona	7,000 – 63,000	new currency 1 Jan 1927: 12,500 Hungarian korona ⇒ 1 pengő
1 Nov 1942	9 Nov 1944	Greece	Greek drachma	3,500 – 7,500,000,000,000	new currency : 50,000,000,000 old drachmai ⇒ 1 new drachma
10 Nov 1944	August 1945	Romania	leu	3,500 – 25,000	Hungarian pengő hyperinflates
August 1945	August 1946	Hungary	pengő	changed daily	new currency 18 Aug 1946: 400,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 pengő ⇒ 1 forint
19 Aug 1946	14 Aug 1947	Romania	leu	100,000 – 5,050,000	new currency 15 Aug 1947: 20,000 leu ⇒ 1 new Romanian leu
15 Aug 1947	30 Nov 1948	Republic of China	Fabi	250,000 – 105,000,000	new currency 1 Dec 1948: 3,000,000 fabi ⇒ 1 gold yuan
1 Dec 1948	30 Apr 1954	Greece	drachma	20,000 – 30,000	new currency 1 May 1954: 1,000 drachmai ⇒ 1 new drachma
1 May 1954	28 Feb 1955	People's Republic of China	yuan	24,600	new currency 1 March 1955: 10,000 First Series Renminbi yuan ⇒ 1 Second Series Renminbi yuan
1 Mar 1955	5 Jan 1958	Italy	Italian lira	625
6 Jan 1958	31 Dec 1959	Chile	Chilean peso	650 – 1,051	new currency 1 January 1960 : 1,000 pesos ⇒ 1 Chilean escudo
1 Jan 1960	31 Dec 1962	Bolivia	Bolivian boliviano	750 – 11,875	new currency 1 January 1963: 1,000 bolivianos ⇒ 1 Bolivian peso
1 Jan 1963	12 Dec 1965	Indonesia	Indonesian rupiah	1,205 – 4,995	new currency 13 December 1965: 1,000 old rupiah ⇒ 1 new rupiah
13 Dec 1965	12 Feb 1967	Brazil	Brazilian cruzeiro (BRZ)	1,950 – 2,710	new currency 13 February 1967: 1,000 cruzeiros ⇒ 1 Cruzeiro novo
13 Feb 1967	Mid-June 1974	Italy	Italian lira	620–640
Mid-June 1974	28 Sep 1975	Chile	Chilean escudo	640 – 6,000	new currency 29 Sep 1975 : 1000 escudo ⇒ 1 Chilean peso
29 Sep 1975	November 1978	Italy	Italian lira	680–850
November 1978	31 May 1983	Argentina	Argentine peso ley	850 – 81,105	new currency 1 June 1983 : 10,000 pesos ley ⇒ 1 peso argentino
1 June 1983	21 Nov 1984	Peru	Peruvian sol	1,494 – 4,969	new currency 1 February 1985 : 1,000 soles ⇒ 1 Peruvian inti
22 Nov 1984	4 January 1987	Bolivia	Bolivian peso	8,786 – 2,000,000	new currency 5 January 1987 : 1,000,000 pesos ⇒ 1 boliviano
5 January 1987	31 January 1988	Nicaragua	Nicaraguan córdoba	6,000 – 50,000	new currency 1 February 1988 : 10,000 old córdobas ⇒ 1 new córdoba
1 February 1988	June 1988	Vietnam	Vietnamese đồng (VND)	1,700 – 4,500	Dong devalued from 900 to 3000^[9]
June 1988	31 December 1989	Yugoslavia	Yugoslav dinar (YUD)	4,500 – 40,000	new currency 1 January 1990 : 10,000 hard dinar ⇒ 1 convertible dinar
1 January 1990	30 April 1991	Nicaragua	Nicaraguan córdoba	40,000 – 25,000,000 (official) 350,000 – 30,000,000 (parallel)	new currency 1 May 1991 : 5,000,000 1988 cordóbas = ⇒ hard córdoba
1 May 1991	30 June 1991	Peru	Peruvian inti (PEI)	705,000 – 835,000	new currency 1 July 1991 : 1,000,000 intis ⇒ 1 nuevo sol (inti valid until 31 December 1991)
1 July 1991	October 1993	Zaire	Zairean Zaire (ZRN)	61,900 – 7,915,000	new currency October 1993 : 3,000,000 Old Zaire ⇒ 1 New Zaire
October 1993	10 Jan 1994	Angola	Angolan novo kwanza (AON)	34,200	–
11 Jan 1994	23 Jan 1994	Yugoslavia	Yugoslav "1994 dinar"	46,000 – 6,850,000	Changed daily due to hyperinflation new currency 24 Jan 1994: 10~13 million "1994 dinara" ⇒ 1 novi dinar (YUM) (pegged to 1 German mark)
24 Jan 1994	30 June 1995	Angola	Angolan novo kwanza (AON)	34,200 – 2,100,000	new currency 1 July 1995: 1,000 novos kwanzas (AON) ⇒ 1 new kwanza reajustado (AOR)
1 Jul 1995	1 Sep 1996	Ukraine	Ukrainian karbovanets (UAK)	147,300 – 176,000	new currency 2 Sep 1996: 100,000 karbovanets (UAK) ⇒ 1 hryvnia (UAH)
2 Sep 1996	30 Nov 1999	Angola	Angolan kwanza reajustado (AOR)	150,000 – 5,400,000	new currency 1 Dec 1999: 1,000,000 kwanzas reajustados (AOR) ⇒ 1 new Angolan kwanza (AOA)
1 Dec 1999	31 Dec 2004	Turkey	Turkish lira (TRL)	518,000 – 1,339,000	new currency 1 Jan 2005: 1,000,000 old Turkish lira (TRL) ⇒ 1 new Turkish lira (TRY) (old lira valid to end of 2005)
1 Jan 2005	30 June 2005	Romania	Romanian leu (ROL)	29,110 – 29,850	new currency 1 July 2005: 10,000 old Romanian lei (ROL) ⇒ 1 new Romanian leu (RON) (old leu valid to 30 June 2006)
1 July 2005	24 Aug 2005	Mozambique	Mozambican metical (MZM)	24,400	new currency 1 July 2006: 1,000 old Mozambique meticais (MZM) ⇒ 1 new Mozambique metical (MZN) (old metical valid to end of 2006)
24 Aug 2005	31 Jul 2006	Zimbabwe	Zimbabwean dollar (ZWD)	25,000–101,000 (official) 45,000–550,000 (parallel)	Changed daily due to hyperinflation Redenominated currency 1 Aug 2006: 1,000 first Zimbabwean dollars ⇒ 1 second Zimbabwean dollar
1 Aug 2006	ca. 21 Mar 2007	Vietnam	Vietnamese đồng (VND)	16,000 – 16,736	–
ca. 21 Mar 2007	ca. 6 Apr 2007	Zimbabwe	Second Zimbabwean dollar (ZWN)	250 (official) 16,000 – 30,000 (parallel)	Changed daily due to hyperinflation
ca. 6 Apr 2007	8 Apr 2007	Vietnam	Vietnamese đồng (VND)	16,022	Zimbabwean dollar briefly rose in value
ca. 8 Apr 2007	31 Jul 2008	Zimbabwe	Second Zimbabwean dollar (ZWN)	250 – 69,484,070,056 (official) 20,000 – 751,089,467,956 (parallel)	Changed daily due to hyperinflation. Redenominated currency 1 Aug 2008: 10,000,000,000 second Zimbabwean dollars ⇒ 1 third Zimbabwean dollar
1 Aug 2008	21 Sep 2008	Somalia	Somali shilling (SOS)	35,000
22 Sep 2008	2 Feb 2009	Zimbabwe	Third Zimbabwean dollar (ZWR)	96 – 12,336,416,667 (official) 80,000 – 300,000,000,000,000 (parallel/cash)	Changed daily due to hyperinflation. Redenominated currency 2 Feb 2009: 1,000,000,000,000 third Zimbabwe dollars ⇒ 1 fourth Zimbabwe dollar
3 Feb 2009	21 Sep 2012	Somalia	Somali shilling (SOS)	22,000 – 33,000
22 Sep 2012	current	Iran	Iranian rial (IRR)	22,000 – 42,000	Somali shilling rises in value and IRR devalues rapidly