Kamanian Pound

Kamanian Pound

Lira (Ladino), Punts (Polish), Pfund (Dutch)
Banknotes of 5, 10 and 20 pounds.
ISO 4217
Unit
Plural	Lirae (Ladino), Punts (Polish), Pfund (Dutch)
Nickname	Kudo: 1 pound, Kilo: 1000 pounds, De Oro (of gold): banknote of 10 pounds.
Denominations
Subunit
1/100	Deno (Ladino), den (Polish & Dutch)
Plural
Deno (Ladino), den (Polish & Dutch)	deni (Ladino), deny, denów (Polish), den (Dutch)
Banknotes
Freq. used	5, 10, 20, 50 pounds.
Rarely used	100, 200 pounds.
Coins	5, 10, 50 deni, 1, 2, 5 pounds.
Demographics
User(s)	kamany
Issuance
Central bank	Kambank
Website	www.kambank-gov.kk
Mint	Kambank
Website	www.kambank-gov.kk

The Kamanian Pound (Ladino: Lira; Polish: Punts; Dutch: Pfund) is the currency of Kamany. Kambank, the central bank of Kamany, issues banknotes and coins. It is divided into 100 deni. The official symbol, L. , is widely used by businesses and advertisers in all languages.

The Kamanian Pound was first issued in 1875 when it replaced the Kamanian Florin. After a period of hyperinflation in 1922-1923, a second version of the Pound was issued in March 1924. In 1955, a third version of the Pound was issued. It stayed in use until the 1st of July 2019 when the last version started to circulate.

Kamanian Florin

The Kamanian Florin was established in 1848 after the implementation of the first federal constitution. According to this plan the Federal Bank of Kamany (Banko Federal de Kamnia) is established in 1849 in Kama in order to oversee cash circulation in the country and produce the new national currency. In 1850 the first coins are minted in denominations of 1/10 (1 gram of silver), 5/10 and (5 grams of silver) and 1 Florin (10 grams of silver) but local coins continued to circulate for smaller denominations. In 1852 small bronze coins in value of 1 deno (1/200 of a florin), 5 deni (1/40 of a florin) and 10 deni (1/20 of a Florin), larger silver coins of 2 Florin (20 g of silver) and gold coins of 10 Florin (6.729g of gold) were issued to complete the coinage. Banknotes in various values were issued denominations were authorised in 1855 and foreign and former local coins were withdrawn in 1859.

First Kamanian Pound

In 1872 Kamany joined the Latin Union and decimalised its currency. The new currency, the Kamanian Pound was fixed at 5 grams of steel and 0.31 gram of gold. A new coinage respecting standards of the Latin Union was then issued thsi year in bronze (1 and 2 deni), cupronickel (5, 10 and 25 deni), silver (1/2, 1, 2 and 5 pounds) and gold (10, 20, 50 and 100 pounds). Banknotes of 100, 500 and 1000 pounds were later issued by the central bank in 1879 to ease large cash transactions and from 1884 all private banknotes were demonetised.

Coins

2019 series
Image		Value	Metal	Diameter	Mass	Edge type
Obverse	Reverse
		5 deni	stainless steel	20.5mm	3.9 g	Reeded
		10 deni	stainless steel	23 mm	5 g	Reeded and smooth
		50 deni	Nordic gold	21.2mm	4.2g	Smooth
		1 Pound	Nordic gold	26.3mm	6,9g	Reeded
		2 pounds	Ring: Nordic gold, centre: stainless steel	22.3mm	6.5g	Reeded and smooth
		5 pounds	Ring: Nordic gold, centre: stainless steel	heptagonal, 26.29mm	7g	Smooth

Banknotes

Birds series
Image		Value	Main Colour	Description
Obverse	Reverse			Obverse	Reverse
		5 Pounds	Blue	Eurasian blue tit and coat of arms of Kamany	Abstract designs representing fields and plains of Kamany
		10 Pounds	Yellow	Great crested grebe and coat of arms of Kamany	Abstract designs representing wetlands of Kamany
		20 Pounds	Green	European green woodpecker and coat of arms of Kamany	Abstract designs representing hills and mountains of Kamany
		50 Pounds	Red	European robin and coat of arms of Kamany	Abstract designs representing cities of Kamany
		100 Pounds	Purple	Eurasian siskin and coat of arms of Kamany	Abstract designs representing winds and life in the sky of Kamany
		200 Pounds	Orange	White stork and coat of arms of Kamany	Abstract designs representing cultures and traditions of Kamany