Swazi lilangeni

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The Swazi lilangeni is the official currency of Eswatini, pegged at par to the South African rand and used alongside it within the Common Monetary Area.

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Swazi lilangeni canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf currency
legal tender
banknoteDenominations 10 emalangeni
100 emalangeni
20 emalangeni
200 emalangeni
50 emalangeni
centralBank Central Bank of Eswatini
coinDenominations 1 cent
1 lilangeni
10 cents
2 cents
2 emalangeni
20 cents
5 cents
5 emalangeni
50 cents
country Eswatini
exchangeability freely exchangeable at par with South African rand within Common Monetary Area
formerCountryNameContext Swaziland
linked to: Eswatini
hasMinorUnitName cent
hasPluralForm emalangeni
introduced 1974
ISO4217Code SZL
issuingAuthority Central Bank of Eswatini
languageOfName Siswati
legalStatus legal tender in Eswatini
memberOf Common Monetary Area
monetaryPolicyLinkedTo South African Reserve Bank policy via Common Monetary Area
namedAfter Siswati language term "lilangeni"
officialCurrencyOf Eswatini
peggedTo South African rand
pegRatio 1:1
pluralName emalangeni
pluralSymbol E
region Southern Africa
replaced South African rand (as sole legal tender in Eswatini)
linked to: South African rand
status active
subunit cent
subunitToUnit 100
symbol L
usedAlongside South African rand
usedFor domestic transactions in Eswatini
usedIn Common Monetary Area
Eswatini

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Common Monetary Area memberCurrency Swazi lilangeni
subject linked to: CMA
Lobamba usesCurrency Swazi lilangeni
SZL represents Swazi lilangeni
SZL officialName Swazi lilangeni