Brunei dollar to Afghan afghani — exchange rate

Country of Circulation: Brunei, Singapore

Currency Code, Symbol: BND, B$

Denominations of coins in circulation: 5, 10, 20, 50 sen

Denominations of banknotes in circulation: $1, $5, $10, $50, $100

History: The Brunei dollar (B$) is the national currency of Brunei. The banknotes have replaced the Malaya and the British dollar. The BND abbreviation is used for easier currency conversion, conversion both on the domestic and international markets $ banknotes can be changed for cents.One Brunei dollar is subdivided into 100 cents. The Brunei dollar was issued in 1967. In 1979, and later in 1989, the government printed banknotes of bigger denomination due to inflation. The first Brunei currency was cowrie - colorful shells of sea mollusks that live in local waters. It is worth mentioning that cowrie was used not only in Brunei, but in other countries as well, such as China, Guinea, and the Philippines.Read More

Country of Circulation: Afghanistan

Currency Code, Symbol: AFN, ؋

Denominations of coins in circulation: 1, 2 and 5 Afs

Denominations of banknotes in circulation: 1, 2, 5, 10, 20, 50, 100, 500 and 1000 Afs

History: Afghani (؋) is the currency of Afghanistan which is not used for payment in other countries. A simplified name is AFN. One afghani equals 100 pul coins.Afghani has been being issued since 1926. Originally, only coins made out of silver were used on the territory of the Islamic state. First notes were printed in 1935. The Afghan rupee had been used hand in hand with afghani until 1978. Up until 2002, there had been different types of afghani used in the country and issued by different military and political organizations: “davlati” and “dostumi”, but the new leader, Hamid Karzai, reformed the currency leaving only one type of afghani. Banknotes had architectural monuments, key industries and infrastructure depicted on them.Read More