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Currency Name & Abbreviations
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During the Bosnian War of Independence
(1992-1995) and in the immediate post-war period, Bosnian dinar was used as a
temporary currency.
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On June 22, 1998, Bosnian Central Bank
introduced the current monetary unit called
konvertibilna marka (convertible mark). One
Bosnian marka has 100 fenings.
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Bosnian currency was once pegged 1-to-1 to the Deutsche Mark, thus the names
marka and fenings (from German Pfennig).
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The Bosnian marka's official international abbreviation is
BAM.
However, when prices are quoted locally, the abbreviation
KM is used instead.
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Currency Value
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Once the Deutsche Mark was absorbed into the euro (€), the Bosnian convertible marka's
exchange rate has been fixed at:
1
€ = 1.95583 BAM or
1 BAM = 0.51129
€
Source: Bosnian Central Bank
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For US dollar values of euro, check, for instance,
CNN Money
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Banknote & Coin Images
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