Sudanese dinar

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Sudanese dinar
Banknote from 1994 for 100 dinars
Country: Sudan
Subdivision: no
ISO 4217 code : SDD
Abbreviation: sD
Exchange rate :
(29 Mar 2020)

1 SDG = 100 SDD (fixed)
1 EUR = 6,139.88 SDD
100 SDD = 0.01629 EUR

The Sudanese dinar was the official currency of Sudan from 1992 to 2007. In a transition period from January 9 to June 30, 2007, it was replaced by the new Sudanese pound at a ratio of 100 to 1.

The dinar replaced the old Sudanese pound in 1992 , at a ratio of 10 pounds = 1 dinar. The old pound notes continued to circulate for a while after the changeover. 1 pound was originally divided into 100 piastres , while the dinar had no division. At last, bills of 100, 200, 500, 1000, 2000 and 5000 dinars circulated. In earlier years there were also banknotes of 5, 10, 25 and 50 dinars.

Since the currency changeover took place gradually, the dinar never really caught on in the vernacular; Although all banknotes in circulation have been denominated in dinars since the end of the 1990s, at least in northern Sudan, calculations were still made in pounds (dschineh) - the prices quoted were usually one zero more than the required banknotes. When calculating in pounds, the thousands were often left out; ie if a price of "5 pounds" was asked, this meant 5000 pounds or 500 dinars.

Since the peace agreement with South Sudan , the introduction of a new currency for the whole country has been announced and postponed several times. From January 9, 2007, the new pound (dschineh dschadid) was finally put into circulation at a ratio of 1: 100 to the dinar, or 1: 1000 to the old pound. Thus, order should return to the confused currency denominations, because the new pound corresponds to the long-established way of counting in pound thousands. The dinar was approved as an official currency alongside the new pound until June 30, 2007, but could only be exchanged at the central bank until August 31, 2007.

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