Today, I decided to checkout the world's highest currencies and to my amazement I found some very useful information.

I have travelled widely but the information about currency power has been limited until this research. Before your next business transaction, please endeavour to use this guide in determining your possessing power.

TOP 10 - Most Expensive World Currencies in 2019




TOP 10 - Most Expensive World Currencies in 2019
What do you think, which currency is the most expensive in the world today?

Most believe that the British pound is the highest currency, however, as it turned out it is not.

Especially, for blog readers, we compiled the list of the strongest world currencies (Dated 13 Jan 2019).

By the way, we also have TOP 10 of the weakest world currencies.


No.1 – Kuwait Dinar (1 KWD = 3.29 USD)

Currency code – KWD

1 KWD = 3.29 USD

Kuwait Dinar is the highest world currency against US Dollar.

Kuwait is the small country with enormous wealth. Highest value (rate) of its currency is explained by significant oil goods exports into the global market.



No.2 – Bahraini Dinar (2.65 USD)

Currency code – BHD

1 BHD = 2.65 USD (pegged to dollar)

Bahrain Dinar is the second most valuable currency.

Bahrain is the Persian Gulf island state with population of a little more than 1 million people. As in the first case, this country largest income is the “black gold" exports.

It is interesting that Bahrain Dinar is pegged to US Dollar exchange rate, and its rate against US Dollar has remained the same for 14 years already.


No.3 – Oman Rial (2.60 USD)

Currency code – OMR

1 OMR = 2.60 USD (pegged to dollar)

Oman is the Arabian Peninsula country. Thanks to its strategic location, it posses a developed economy and high life quality.

Oman Rial is also pegged to US Dollar as Bahrain Dinar.

It is remarkable that purchase power of this currency is so high that the government has to issue 1/4 and 1/2 Rial paper banknotes. On the picture above, you can see 1/2 Rial (Half Rial).


No.4 – Jordan Dinar (1.41 USD)

Currency code – JOD

1 JOD = 1.41 USD (pegged to dollar)

It is hard to explain high value of Jordan Dinar. This country is not economically developed and it lacks essential resources, such as oil. Never the less, one Jordan Dinar costs 1.41 US Dollar, what makes it one of 10 the most powerful world currencies.



No.5 – British Pound Sterling (1.26 USD)

Currency code – GBP

1 GBP = 1.26 USD

Most people think that British Pound is the strongest world currency, but it only closes the top five of this list.

British Colonies issue its own banknotes, which visually differs from banknotes issued by the Bank of England, but they are rated as 1 per 1.

Therefore, there are several of them: Scottish, North Ireland, Manx, Jersey, Guernsey, Gibraltar Pounds, as well as St. Elena Island Pound and Falkland Islands Pound.

Amusingly, native Britain do not always want to accept “other” Pounds as a payment.



No.6 – Cayman Islands Dollar (1.20 USD)

Currency code – KYD

1 KYD = 1.20 USD (pegged to dollar)

Cayman Islands is one of the best world tax havens. These islands provided authority for hundreds of banks, hedge funds and insurance companies.

Thanks to its leadership among tax havens, Cayman Islands Dollar costs near 1.22 US Dollar.



No.7 – European Euro (1.14 USD)

Currency Code – EUR

1 EUR = 1.14 USD

The euro currency has strengthened over the past few years. This allowed it to raise the list of the most powerful currencies. Partially, its strength is explained by the fact that it is the official world currency in European countries among which you will find several economically developed countries.

Besides, Euro is the second reserve world currency enveloping 22.2% of all world savings (US Dollar has 62.3%).



No.8 – Swiss Franc (1.04 USD)

Currency code – CHF

1 CHF = 1.04 USD

Switzerland is not only one of the richest countries in the world, but it is also one of the most stable. Its bank system is known for its resolute “Bank Secrecy”.

Besides, its high-tech goods are very well known all around the globe.

Pay attention when you see an origin of this banknote. This is the only banknote I saw which has the vertical view.


No.9 – US Dollar

Currency code – USD

1 USD = 1.00 USD

Owing to USA world economic leadership, its currency achieved such a title as “World Reserve Currency”. In other words, you can make dollar payments everywhere (in any country).



No.10 – Canadian dollar (0.75 USD)

Currency code – CAD

1 CAD = 0.75 USD

The Canadian dollar is the fifth largest reserve world currency. Canadian dollar is often called the “loonie" in honor of the bird depicted on the coin worth 1 dollar.




Out of TEN
Due to dynamically changing economical and political situation in the world, it is hard for some currencies to remain in this ranking, so here is the list of currencies that left the top ten for previous periods.

Australian dollar

Currency code – AUD

1 AUD = 0.73 USD

An interesting fact is that the new series of Australia banknotes, as on picture above, would have a tactile feature (Braille) to help the visually impaired community to tell the value of the banknote.

Also in Australia, the fight against cash is conducted by reducing the share of cash payments when making small retail purchases.



Libyan Dinar

Currency code – LYD

1 LUD = 0.72 USD

Libyan Dinar has token money called Dirham. It is interesting that one Dinar is equal 1000 Dirham, and not 100 as we all used to think.



Azerbaijani manat

Currency code – AZN

1 AZN = 0.59 USD

It was a surprise to see Azerbaijani manat in this list. However, the currency of this Near East country is a little bit weaker than US Dollar.

The economy of this country is surprisingly strong, and its unemployment rate is low.

The high value of the currency is a sign of a strong economy?
It is known that the currencies of not very successful countries tend to decrease in value. However, when everything is in order with the economy, we can hardly see the opposite effect.

Indeed, in practice, there were practically no cases when the value of a currency was constantly increasing. The reasons may be different, for a country the constant strengthening of the currency is not profitable, because the population is beginning to actively save funds instead of spending them.

Thus, the high value of the currency only says that inflation processes in the country are under control.

In the context of this article, mention should also be made of Japan and its one of the strongest economies in the world. At the same time, the value of the Japanese yen is very small, $ 1 = ¥ 109.77.

Information about the highest value of currencies can hardly be used by investors to make any investment decisions. In this case, it is better to consider the most stable currencies.

By the way, did you mean that you cannot use banknote images without the inscription “SPECIMEN"? Learning to comply with the laws, comrades!


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