List of historical currencies

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This is a list of historical currencies.

Greece

Ancient Lebanon

Ancient Lydia

  • Stater (electrum and silver)
  • Trite (coin) (electrum third of a stater)
  • Hekte (electrum sixth of a stater)
    • Lydian coin

Ancient Persia

Ancient Rome

Ancient Europe

Ancient 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

Asia

China

Taiwan

Indonesia

Iran

Japan

Korean

Malaya

Philippines

Vietnam

Historical money of Tibet

India

Other currencies

Oceania

Modern Europe

The formerly used Artsakh dram, was not used in day-to-day commerce, but was legal tender in their issuing jurisdiction.

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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