Currency history
Libyan dinar
- Dates in use
- Still in use; introduction date not established here
- Currency code
- LYD
- Ancestry branch
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Its place in the family
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Libyan dinar
This currencyChildren 0
No successor is established here.
Trace its ancestry backward
Libyan dinar
Other founding predecessors: Tripolitanian Military Authority lira (Documented) · Algerian franc (Documented). Explore every incoming path →
Egyptian pound
Earlier ancestry is not established here.
The story
The central bank traces its national currency to the pound first issued in early 1952, preceding the dinar name. [1]
Sources and evidence
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“Libyan dinar.” The Family Tree of Money. © Field Technologies, Inc. Updated 2026-10-14; data version v49. https://familytreeofmoney.org/currency/FTM000232.html