Liberian dollar

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The Liberian dollar is the official monetary unit of Liberia, used alongside the U.S. dollar in the country’s dual-currency economy.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf currency
fiat currency
centralBank Central Bank of Liberia
circulatesAlongside US dollar
surface form: United States dollar
coexistsInPracticeWith cash U.S. dollars
coexistsWith US dollar
surface form: United States dollar
country Liberia
denominationType banknote
coin
exchangeRateDeterminedBy foreign exchange market
hasDenomination 10 Liberian dollars
100 Liberian dollars
20 Liberian dollars
5 Liberian dollars
50 Liberian dollars
500 Liberian dollars
hasFeature Liberian coat of arms on some issues
portraits of Liberian historical figures on banknotes
security features such as watermarks and security threads
hasISO4217Code LRD
hasISOStandard ISO 4217
hasMonetaryAuthorityHeadquartersIn Monrovia
hasSymbol L$
isAbbreviatedAs L$
isManagedUnder Liberian monetary law
isPartOf Liberian economy
isPegged no formal peg
isRecognizedBy International Organization for Standardization
isSubjectTo Liberian monetary policy
issuingAuthority Central Bank of Liberia
isUsedForPricing many goods and services in Liberia
isWrittenAfterAmount in some local usage
legalTenderIn Liberia
monetaryPolicyAuthority Central Bank of Liberia
monetarySystem dual-currency system
officialCurrencyOf Liberia
oftenNotUsedFor large international transactions
region West Africa
regulatesInflation Central Bank of Liberia
subunit cent
subunitToUnit 100
usedBy businesses in Liberia
residents of Liberia
usedFor domestic transactions in Liberia
payment of most local wages in Liberia
small-scale retail trade in Liberia
usedIn Liberia

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Liberia currency Liberian dollar