Currency history
Libyan dinar
Libyan dinar: a currency still in use.
- Dates in use
- Still in use; introduction date not established here
- Currency code
- LYD
- Ancestry branch
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Where this money came from
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DocumentedQualified
PredecessorEGP
Egyptian poundThis currencyLYD
Libyan dinarNo successor is established here. This does not imply extinction.
The story
The central bank traces its national currency to the pound first issued in early 1952, preceding the dinar name. [1]
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“Libyan dinar.” The Family Tree of Money. © Field Technologies, Inc. Reader edition 2026-10-13; research dataset v44. https://familytreeofmoney.org/currency/FTM000232.html