At today's exchange rates, what modern currency's smallest denomination coin has the greatest value against the others? For example, the smallest coin in... .......Japan:...¥1 = €0.0060........... ......the US:...1¢ = €0.0069........... ......Canada:...1¢ = €0.0074........... ....Eurozone:...1c = €0.0100.(I hope.). ......the UK:...1p = €0.0144........... .Switzerland:...5¤ = €0.0299........... ...Australia:...5c = €0.0318........... .New Zealand:..10c = €0.0526........... ......Sweden:..50¤ = €0.0540........... Is there a more valuable least-valuable coin out there? ¿~?
Zimbabwe's coins might be in the running for least valuable. I know that they have a one cent denomination, but I'm not sure they were minted in the recent past (i.e., since the 1980s). As of 2001, though, they did have a 10 cent piece. This 10 cent piece remains legal tender. As you know, inflation as gone bonkers in that country due to the machinations of their Great Leader (with the IMF estimating inflation of 100,000% by the end of 2007). Zimbabwe 10c = .0000001 USD at $600,000ZD black market rate to $1 USD. v.
The question really depends on whether you consider face value or metal value to be more relevant. Example: In Venezuela, there are officially 2150 Bolvares/1 US$. Black market rates are currently 6000 Bolivares/$. The smallest 'circulating' coin, if you can find one, is 25 centavos, or $ 0.000042 at real market rates. However, even though it is a clad coin, I daresay the metal value exceeds face by quite a margin. Never mind a 25 centavo piece from before 1988, which is pure nickel and about the size of a US cent.
OK, this week I got a 5 Somali Shillings coin in a roll of nickels (I believe this may actually be the second one I've found). According to bloomberg.com, this coin is officially worth 0.0025 Euros. Based on Google searches, I'm guessing it's actually worth nothing. Wikipedia indicates that it's unkown whether the coins actually made it to circulation, but what we know to take wikipedia statements with a grain of salt.
The 1 cash coin of erstwhile Travancore princely state of India had a face value of about $0.000055.. and it was not because of inflation.. 16 cash was equal to 1 chuckram , 4 chuckrams were equal to 1 panam, 7 panams or 28 1/2 chuckrams were equal to 1 Rupee.. 40 Rupees is approximately equal to $1.
Subject of thread Hello. This thread is about very HIGH face value coins. Read the TITLE and OP again carefully. (OP=original post)
" Is there a more valuable least-valuable coin out there?" I guess I misunderstood that "least" part!!!
I recently found a Zambia 1 ngwee. This is worth about $0.00000265. OK, now back to the topic. ==================== If OP is willing to update his OP as we list countries and their lowest denomination CIRCULATING coin with it's corresponding value. OP can sort the list with highest to lowest value the euro (since that is what OP already chose) Colombia's lowest denomination coin still in circulation is the 20 peso coin worth 0.0066550 euro's. The 10 peso coin can still be found, but it's more common in the slot machines. I know it's not very valuable, but it's the one country that I know what's still circulating.
