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Namibia dollar

Dates in use
Still in use; introduction date not established here
Currency code
NAD
Ancestry branch
Sterling

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Namibia dollar: documented and qualified family connections PARENTS THIS CURRENCY CHILDREN South African rand — origin and Namibia contextSouth African rand 1993 · DocumentedNamibia introduced its dollar at par withthe previously circulating rand. RandDocumented connection · 1993 · Namibia introduced its dollar at par with the previously circulating rand. Rand remained legal tender alongside the new local currency. Namibia dollarNamibia dollar NAD No successor is established here.

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Namibia dollar

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Roman as–denarius accounting

Earlier as reckoning; denarius introduced c. 211 BC; accounts continue into late antiquity

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The story

Bank of Namibia dates the national dollar’s introduction to September 15, 1993. [1]

Bundesbank records NAD–rand parity and continuing rand legal tender in Namibia. [2]

Sources and evidence

  1. Bank of Namibia · Explore Currency
  2. Deutsche Bundesbank · Metadata on the Exchange Rate Statistics, 24 September 2025

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“Namibia dollar.” The Family Tree of Money. © Field Technologies, Inc. Updated 2026-10-13; data version v44. https://familytreeofmoney.org/currency/T-FTM000528.html

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