A lot of countries use cents, centavos, centimes, etc., to show there are 100 of them in the main currency unit. One country has 100 'thousandths' in its main unit. Which is it?

peasypod

There are 1000 fils in one Kuwaiti Dinar. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuwaiti_dinar Apr 16 06, 6:50 AM

peasypod

Hang on....there's the Tunisian Dinar, too, and that bizarre thingy the 'Mille'.... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mill_(currency) Apr 16 06, 7:06 AM

Baloo55th

No - that wasn't a typo. One hundred 'thousandths' in the main unit. There's a few things that are divided into thousandths, but this one is only divided into 100 of them... Apr 16 06, 1:35 PM

Flynn_17

I believe that to be Yemen. Yemen used 100 fils to a Rial, but in every other country where fils are used, there are 1000 fils to the main currency. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yemeni_rial Apr 16 06, 2:04 PM

Baloo55th

Getting close - you're right that fils are thousandths (derived from the French millieme - mil). This place still has only 100 fils to the something. Says so on its official site, too. Apr 16 06, 2:31 PM

Flynn_17

Is it not 100 Fils to the Yemeni Rial? Damn, I thought I had it there! Apr 16 06, 3:11 PM

Flynn_17

There's the UAE Dirham which is 100 Fils to the Dirham. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Arab_Emirates_dirham Apr 16 06, 3:14 PM

Baloo55th

Oops! You're right with both Yemen and UAE and deserve a double Yay.. I missed Yemen. Anyone around know why these places have this oddly named currency? Apr 16 06, 3:24 PM

author

In Tunisia they have 1000 millimes (millièmes?) for 1 Dinar. I think also other Arab countries may have had this currency previously. Apr 16 06, 6:49 PM

Baloo55th

I know there's quite a few places with 1000 milliemes / fils to the whatever, but why do Yemen and UAE only have 100? Apr 17 06, 6:06 AM