List of historical currencies in Africa

The list of historical currencies shows former currencies of African states or colonies . Are not listed vormünzliche cash Africa as manillas or the so-called cowrie money .

territory	Surname	validity	Subunits
Egypt ( Ottoman period )	Egyptian piasters	until 1834	1 piastre = 40 Para = 120 Akçe
Algeria	Algerian Budju	until 1848	1 budju = 24 muzuna
Algeria	Algerian Franc	1848 to 1964	1 franc = 100 centimes
Angola	Angolan escudo	1914 to 1928 1958 to 1977	1 Escudo = 20 Macuta = 100 Centavos
Angola (colonial time)	Angolan real	until 1914	50 Réis (plural of Real) = 1 Macuta
Angola (colonial time)	Angolar	1928 to 1958	1 Angolar = 20 Macuta = 100 Centavos
Angola and Portuguese Guinea	Macuta	1762 to 1975	1 macuta = 5 centavos
Equatorial Guinea	Equatorial Guinea Peseta	1969 to 1975	1 peseta = 100 centimos
Equatorial Guinea	Ekwele	1975 to 1985	1 ekwele = 100 centimos
Biafra (period of secession from Nigeria )	Biafra pound	1968 to 1970	1 pound = 20 shillings = 240 pence
British East Africa , Tanganyika , British Zanzibar	British East African rupee	1906 to 1920	1 rupee = 100 cents
British East Africa	East African shilling	1921 to 1969	1 shilling = 100 cents
British East Africa	East African florin	1920 to 1921	1 florin = 100 cents
German East Africa	German East African rupee	1890 to 1916 (until 1920 in Tanganyika )	up to 1904: 1 rupee = 64 pesa from 1904: 1 rupee = 100 hellers
Eritrea (colonial time)	Eritrean tallero	1890 to 1921	1 tallero = 5 lira = 500 centisimi
Gambia	Gambian pound	1907 to 1971	1 pound = 20 shillings = 240 pence
Ghana	Ghanaian pound	1958 to 1965	1 pound = 20 shillings = 240 pence
Gold coast	Gold Coast Ackey	1796 and 1818	1 Akey = 8 Takoe
Guinea	Syli	1971 to 1986	1 Syli = 100 Cauri
Guinea-Bissau	Guinea-Bissau Peso	1975 to 1997	1 peso = 100 centavos
Cape Verde (colonial era)	Cape Verdean real	until 1914
Italian East Africa	Italian East African Lira	1938-1941
Italian Somaliland	Italian Somaliland Lira	1925-1938
Italian Somaliland	Italian Somaliland rupee	1909-1925	1 rupee = 64 bese
Italian Somaliland	Somalo	1950-1962
Katanga (during the secession of the Congo (Kinshasa) )	Katanga Franc	1960 to 1963	1 franc = 100 centimes
Libya	Libyan pound	1951 to 1971	1 pound = 1000 millièmes
Madagascar	Franc Malagasy	1925 to 2003	1 franc = 100 centimes
Malawi	Malawian pound	1964-1971	1 pound = 20 shillings = 240 pence
Mali	Mali Franc	1962-1984	1 franc = 100 centimes
Morocco	Falus	1672 to 1901
Morocco	Moroccan Franc	1921 to 1974	1 franc = 100 centimes
Morocco	Moroccan rial	1882 to 1921	1 rial = 10 dirhams = 500 mazunas
Mauritius (colonial time)	Mauritian dollar	1820-1877
Mozambique	Mozambican escudo	1914 to 1980	100 centavos
Nigeria	Nigerian pound	1958 to 1972	1 pound = 20 shillings = 240 pence
Ottoman Empire	Akçe	14th to 19th century	3 Akçe = 1 Para , 40 Para = 1 Kuruş
Reunion	Reunion Franc	1946 to 1974
Rwanda-Urundi (UN Trust Territory )	Rwanda Burundi Franc	1960 to 1962	1 franc = 100 centimes
Zambia	Zambian pound	1964 to 1968	1 pound = 20 shillings = 240 pence
Zanzibar	Zanzibar rupee	1908 to 1935	1 rupee = 100 cents
Sierra Leone (managed by the Sierra Leone Company )	Sierra Leone dollars	1791 to 1805	1 dollar = 100 cents
South African Union	South African pound	1923 to 1961	1 pound = 20 shillings = 240 pence
South African Republic	South African pond	1867 to 1902	1 pond = 20 shillings = 240 pence (parity to the pound sterling )
Sudan	Sudanese dinar	1992 to 2007
Tunisia	Tunisian rial	until 1891	1 rial = 16 kharub
Tunisia (colonial time)	Tunisian Franc	1891 to 1958 (book money) / 1960 (cash)	1 franc = 100 centimes
British West Africa	West African pound	1907 until the respective independence	1 pound = 20 shillings = 240 pence
Zaire	Zaire	1967 to 1993	1 Zaire = 100 Makuta (Singular: Likuta)
Rhodesia	Rhodesian pound	1964 to 1970	1 pound = 20 shillings = 240 pence
Rhodesia	Rhodesian dollar	1974 to 1980	1 dollar = 100 cents