The dinar (Arabic: دينار جزائري, romanized: Dīnār Ǧazāʾirī; sign: DA; code: DZD) is the monetary currency of Algeria and it is subdivided into 100 centimes. Centimes are now obsolete due to their extremely low value.

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Algerian dinar

دينار جزائري (Arabic)
ISO 4217
Code	DZD (numeric: 012)
Subunit	0.01
Unit
Symbol	دج‎ (Arabic), DA (Latin)
Denominations
Subunit
1⁄100	centime (defunct)
Banknotes
Freq. used	200, 500, 1000 DA
Rarely used	100, 2000 DA[1]
Coins
Freq. used	5, 10, 20, 50, 100, 200 DA
Rarely used	1, 2 DA
Demographics
Date of introduction	1 April 1964
User(s)	Algeria
Issuance
Central bank	Bank of Algeria
Website	www.bank-of-algeria.dz
Valuation
Inflation	1.9%
Source	The World Factbook, 2019 est.

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The name "dinar" is ultimately derived from the Roman denarius.^[2] The Arabic word santīm comes from the French "centime", since Algeria was under French occupation from 1830 to 1962.

The dinar was introduced on 1 April 1964, replacing the Algerian new franc at par.

The official exchange rate set by the Central Bank of Algerian: Algerian Dinar to U.S. dollar is approximately 134 د.ج per 1 US dollar. The real exchange rate of the Algerian Dinar to U.S. dollar is approximately د.ج 220 per 1 US dollar on black market.^[3]

The masses rarely use the dinar as such, but the franc (officially the centime; one hundredth of a dinar) and the doro (one twentieth of a dinar). In traditional selling places such as the vegetable market or in the case of street vendors, prices are displayed in francs, in more modern shops the prices are displayed in dinars but the franc is used in speech.

In 1964, coins in denominations of 1, 2, 5, 10, 20 and 50 centimes, and 1 dinar were introduced, with the 1, 2 and 5 centimes struck in aluminium, the 10, 20 and 50 centimes in aluminium bronze and the 1 dinar in cupro-nickel. The obverses showed the emblem of Algeria, while the reverses carried the values in Eastern Arabic numerals. In later decades, coins were issued sporadically with various commemorative subjects. However, the 1 and 2 centimes were not struck again, whilst the 5, 10 and 20 centimes were last struck in the 1980s.

In 1992, a new series of coins was introduced consisting of 1⁄4, 1⁄2, 1, 2, 5, 10, 20, 50 and 100 dinars. A 200 dinar bi-metallic coin was issued in 2012 to commemorate Algeria's 50th anniversary of independence.^{[citation needed]} The 10, 20, 50, 100, and 200 dinar coins are bimetallic.

Coins in general circulation are 5 dinars and higher. Following the massive inflation which accompanied the slow transition to a more capitalist economy during the late 1990s, the centime and fractional dinar coins have dropped out of general circulation, whilst the 1 and 2 dinar coins are rarely used, as prices are rounded to the nearest 5 dinars.^[4] Nonetheless, prices are typically quoted in centimes in colloquial speech; thus a price of 100 dinars is read as "ten thousand" (عشر الاف).

• 2 centimes, minted in 1964
• 5 centimes, minted in 1974
• 10 centimes, minted in 1984, a palm tree
• 20 centimes, minted in 1972, an overflowing cornucopia depicting the theme of agricultural revolution
• 20 centimes, minted in 1975, a ram(?)
• 50 centimes, minted in 1975, "The 30th remembering" in Arabic and commemorating the French Algerian Clash
• 1 dinar, minted in 1972, wheat, two hands (peace), and a tractor in foreground
• 5 dinar, minted in 1972, Wheat and a petroleum-extractor in the background and commemorating the 10th anniversary of independence
• 5 dinar, minted in 1974, an Algerian soldier and commemorating the 20th anniversary of the Revolution
• 10 dinar, minted since 1979, "Bank of Algeria" in Arabic
• Current 20 and 50 dinar and obsolete 5 and 10 dinar coins

The "first series" of dinar banknotes issued in 1964 consisted of banknotes in denominations of 5, 10, 50 and 100 dinars.^[5] In 1970, 500 dinar banknotes were added, followed by 1000 dinars in 1992.

The 100 dinar note is being replaced by coins. 200, 500, and 1000 dinar notes are in circulation. The 1998 dated 500 and 1000 dinar notes have an additional vertical holographic strip on obverse.

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