List of proposed currencies
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This is a list of proposed currencies. Currencies are listed by their latest significant proposal.
19th century
[edit]- Perun, planned to be introduced by Petar II Petrović-Njegoš in Montenegro
- Romanat
20th century
[edit]- ANCAP
- Bancor, an international currency proposed by John Maynard Keynes at the Bretton Woods Conference
- Gaucho, between Argentina and Brazil
- Metica, in Mozambique
- Terra
2000s
[edit]- Amero, in a currency union for North America consisting of the United States, Canada, and Mexico
- CARICOM currency,[1] for Caribbean states (except the Bahamas)
- Khaleeji, for the Gulf Cooperation Council (Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates)
- SUCRE, as part of the Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas
2010s
[edit]- Afro, proposed currency for the African Union to be issued by the African Central Bank, expected to be introduced in the 2020s
- Asian Currency Unit, proposed for the ASEAN +3 or the East Asian Community (including the ASEAN member-states, China, South Korea, and Japan)
- Caribbean guilder, to replace the Netherlands Antillean guilder in Curaçao and Sint Maarten in the 2020s
- East African shilling, for the East African Community (Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda)
- Eco, for the West African Monetary Zone (Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, possibly Liberia), planned to be introduced in the 2020s and merged with the CFA franc and eventually the Afro.
- Toman, a replacement for the Iranian rial proposed by the Central Bank of Iran due to hyperinflation
References
[edit]- ^ "CARICOM Single Market (CSM) ratified! – Caribbean leaders sign formal document". p. Kingston, Jamaica: Jamaica Gleaner. January 31, 2006. OCLC 50239830.