During the reign of Alexander II of Russia, who ruled from 1855 to 1881, a variety of silver coins were minted. These coins featured Alexander II’s portrait on the obverse and various designs on the reverse, reflecting the political and cultural context of the Russian Empire during his rule. He ... |
The escudo is a unit of currency. It was used in Portugal and in their colonies and continues in use in several nations today. Currently, Cape Verde uses the escudo as its unit of currency. Escudo is Portuguese for “shield”.Angolan escudoChilean escudoCape Verdean escudoMozambican e ... |
The para (Cyrillic: пара, from Turkish para, from Persian pārah, “piece”) was a former currency of the Ottoman Empire, Turkey, Montenegro and Albania, and is the current subunit, although rarely used, of the Serbian dinar.As a former Ottoman and Turkish currency, it was 1/40th of a ... |