Kuwaiti Dinar - KWD

Kuwaiti Dinar is the currency that use in Kuwait.
Currently, Kuwaiti Dinar is the currency with highest exchange rate.
1 KWD is equal to 3.41 USD(rounded) at time of post publish.

ISO 4217 Code: KWD
User(s): Kuwait
Subunit: 1/1000 - fils
Symbols: د.ك

Bank Notes available:
¼ dinar (=250 fils), ½ dinar (=500 fils), 1 dinar, 5 dinar, 10 dinar, 20 dinar

Coins available:
5 fils, 10 fils, 20 fils, 50 fils, 100 fils

Coins cancelled:
1 fils

History of Kuwaiti Dollar
Kuwaiti Dinar is introduced in Year 1961 to replace Gulf Rupee.
It is equal to 1 pound sterling initially.
The Iraq invasion on Year 1990 cause large change on Kuwait market.
Iraqi Dinar replaced Kuwaiti Dinar as Kuwait currency and large quantity of Kuwaiti Dinar have been stolen.
After liberation, Kuwaiti Dinar have been restored and new series of bank notes released.
Previous bank notes included stolen one, have been demonetized.

Visit the link below to access Kuwait Bank homepage,
and check their copyrighted bank notes images:
http://www.cbk.gov.kw/WWW/gallery_issues.html