Denomination im Iran???!!!???

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Nach Angaben der Finance24 Webseite plant die iranische Regierung, den Riyal abzuschaffen, um ihn durch den Toman zu ersetzen.

Man muss aber dazu sagen, dass die Iraner schon seit jeher Toman sagen, was für Aussenstehende ein bisschen verwirrend erscheinen mag.

Dabei sind 10 Riyal gleich ein Toman.

Also der 10.000 Riyal Schein wird als 1000 Toman bezeichnet.

Anbei der Bericht aus der Finance 24:

Teheran - Iran is considering changing the value of its currency, Iran's state news agency ISNA reported on Monday.

The national currency is officially the rial, with about 9 000 rials equal to one US dollar.

But the term rial is only used by banks: Iranians usually refer to their currency as the toman, with one toman equal to ten rials.

ISNA quoted sources as saying that the new administration of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad planned to change the currency from rials to toman, effectively knocking one zero off the national currency.

In Iran, coins are available in 50, 100, 250 and 500 rial denominations, but these have little use because of their low value.

Banknotes start at 100 rials, but again the 100, 200 and 500 rial notes are rarely used.

The banknotes most commonly used by Iranians are the 1 000, 2 000, 5 000, and 10 000 rial notes, with the 20 000 rial note also increasingly popular.

Rising consumer prices in Iran have meant that, even on a trip to the supermarket, a large quantity of banknotes changes hands, making the use of travellers' cheques worth up to 5 000 000 rials much more practical.

There is a limited credit card system in Iran, but credit cards are accepted in very few places and few Iranians own one.

Foreign credit cards cannot be used in Iran.

Quelle: http://www.finance24.com/articles/economy/display_article.asp?Nav=ns&lvl2=econ&ArticleID=1518-1785_1761504

 

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Iranische Experten uneins über Änderung der Währungsbezeichnung

der Bericht:

Experts divided on changing Iran nat?l currency

Archived Picture - It is not necessary to change the national currency from the rial to the tooman, said a senior economic expert, adding that it would be favorable to knock off a zero from the rial.

LONDON, August 31 (IranMania) - It is not necessary to change the national currency from the rial to the tooman, said a senior economic expert, adding that it would be favorable to knock off a zero from the rial.

Gholamreza Mesbahi-Moqaddam, a member of the Money and Credit Council, told ISNA, however, that the council has not yet received such a proposal.

?The people use the tooman for the rial. Eliminating a zero could do the same,? he said.

Hossein Baher, an economist and university professor, also told ISNA that the unnecessary zeros in the national currency would only fill the people?s pockets with a lot of banknotes.

He said the rial should be replaced with the tooman, stressing that the rial is no longer a valuable currency.

Experts are divided on the issue of changing national currency.
Rahmatollah Niknam, an economist, told ISNA that such decisions will have no impact on the national currency?s value.

?It is just playing with numbers and has no practical impact on the economy and the monetary and financial systems,? he said, adding that eliminating some zeros from the banknotes will only help reduce printing costs.

However there are some other experts who are against the move.

Hossein Kadkhodaei, an economist, is of the view that the people have faced numerous problems arising from weakening national currency.

He said the national currency must not be weakened further by being changed officially from the rial into the tooman.

Bijan Bidabad, another economist, believes that a change in the value of national currency will increase accountancy costs.

The tooman is the unofficial currency valued at 10 rials.

Quelle: http://www.iranmania.com/News/ArticleView/Default.asp?NewsCode=34989&NewsKind=Current%20Affairs