Eritrean Nakfa
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The currency of Eritrea is the Nakfa, divided into 100 cents. The currency was introduced in 1997 to replace the Ethiopian Birr. During the Italian colonization (from 1895 until World War Two), the Italian lire was used.
Banknotes come in denominations of:
- 1 Nakfa
- 5 Nakfa
- 10 Nakfa
- 20 Nakfa
- 50 Nakfa
- 100 Nakfa
Coinage is made entirely of stainless steel. Each coin has a different milled edge, instead of consistent milling for all denominations.
Coinage denominations:
- 1 cent
- 5 cents
- 10 cents
- 25 cents
- 50 cents
- 1 Nafka
| Currencies of Africa | |
|---|---|
| North | Algerian dinar | Egyptian pound | Libyan dinar | Mauritanian Ouguiya | Moroccan Dirham | Sudanese dinar | Tunisian dinar |
| Central | Burundi franc | Central African CFA franc | Congolese franc | Angolan Kwanza | Rwandan franc |
| West | Cape Verde Escudo | Gambian Dalasi | Ghanaian Cedi | Guinean franc | Liberian dollar | Nigerian Naira | São Tomé and Príncipe Dobra | Sierra Leonean Leone | West African CFA franc |
| East | Comorian franc | Djiboutian franc | Eritrean Nakfa | Ethiopian Birr | Kenyan shilling | Seychelles Rupee | Somali shilling | Tanzanian shilling | Ugandan shilling |
| South | Botswana Pula | Lesotho Loti | Malawian kwacha | Malagasy ariary | Mauritian Rupee | Mozambique Metical | Namibian dollar | South African Rand | Swaziland Lilangeni | Zambian Kwacha | Zimbabwe dollar | (Saint Helenian pound)
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