What currency does south africa use?

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ZAR - South African Rand. Our currency rankings show that the most popular South Africa Rand exchange rate is the USD to ZAR rate. The currency code for Rand is ZAR, and the currency symbol is R. read more

The South African unit of currency is the rand (R), which is divided into 100 cents. Coins are minted in values of 1, 2, 5, 10, 20 and 50 cents, and R1, R2 and R5. Notes are printed in denominations of R10, R20, R50, R100 and R200. read more

In pre-colonial times African currency included shells, ingots, Gold (gold dust and gold coins (the Asante)), arrowheads, iron, salt, cattle, goats, blankets, axes, beads, and many others. In the early 19th century a slave could be bought in West Africa with manilla currency; multiples of X-shaped rings of bronze or other metal that could be strung on a staff. read more