Millim
Millim ( Arabic ملّيم Millīm ; Mz .: Millīmāt /ملّيمات; to French millième , "thousandths"; Abbreviation: M ; from Latin mille , "thousand") is the name of a currency sub- unit of several Arabic-speaking countries. Today millim are only in circulation in Tunisia as a thousandth of a dinar .
Tunisian millim
In Tunisia , the millim or millimes arrived on October 18, 1958 and were first minted in 1960 as 1, 2, 5, 10, 20, 50 and 100 millim coins. The coins to the value of 500 millimoles (from 1968) bear the denomination ½ dinars , 200 millim coins were first issued in 2013.
Former millim currencies
Egypt and United Arab Republic
Egyptian millim , English millieme , denote the thousandth part of an Egyptian pound or a tenth of a piaster ( Arabic قرش Qirsch ). Millie coins used to be widespread, today they are no longer in circulation.
The Milliemes were introduced during the currency reform in 1916 and came into circulation as coins for the first time that year under Hussein Kamil . The last milliemes coins, a 10 milliemes FAO issue, were minted in 1980. Up until then there were coins with a value of ½, 1, 2, 2½, 5 and 10 milliemes in various editions. During the time of the United Arab Republic , Syria and Egypt retained their respective currencies.
Libya
When Libya became independent in 1951, the Libyan pound , divided into 100 piastres / qirsch and 1000 millim ( millieme ), was introduced as the new currency. A first series of Millim coins (1, 2 and 5 Millim) with the likeness of Idris I came out in 1952, a second (1, 5, 10, 20, 50 and 100 Millim) in 1965. After the seizure of power by Muammar al- Gaddafi has renamed the currency; one thousandth of today's dinar is now officially referred to as a dirham .
Sudan
As in Egypt, the millim coins ( millieme ) minted from 1956 onwards were also out of circulation in Sudan due to their low value. They denoted the thousandth part of the Sudanese pound and at the same time a tenth of a qirsch. The last 1 and 2 millim coins were minted in 1971, the last 10 millim coins in 1980 and the last 5 millim coins in 1983. The dinar introduced in 1992 was not at all, the new pound, which has been in effect since 2007, is only divided into 100 qirsch / piasters.
Similar currency sub-units
- The thousandth part of the US dollar is officially called a mill , but there were never mill coins, only tokens.
- In several (partly former) British colonial areas, the thousandth part of the currency was called Mil :
- In Palestine , mil coins (مل) minted from 1927 to 1947 to the value of 1, 2, 5, 10, 20, 50 and 100 mils. In 1948 and 1949, before the switch to Lirah and Prutah , 25 mils aluminum coins were minted in Israel .
- After converting to a decimal currency, the mils were the sub-unit of the Cyprus pound in Cyprus from 1955 to 1982
- The thousandth part of the Maltese Lira was also called Mil . Coins valued at 2, 3 and 5 mils were minted between 1972 and 1982.
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- 2001 Standard Catalog of World Coins. 28th edition ISBN 978-0873418843