BASRA, Iraq -- When U.S. and British forces took control of Iraq, some officials speculated that Iraqis might burn their money, destroying its smiling visage of Saddam Hussein in a well-tailored suit.

BAGHDAD — It didn’t take long Wednesday for a crowd to gather around Abdul Qadar Husan as he stood in front of Iraqi Middle Eastern Investment Bank inspecting his newly exchanged dinars. Husan, a ...

U.S. authorities announced Monday they will begin replacing Iraq's dinar in October in a currency swap that will rid the bill of the image of Saddam Hussein, months after his fall from power. An ...

The back side of the Iraqi 100 dinar (top) and five dinar bills. View Slideshow The Iraqi dinar -- a currency so hyper-inflated as to be virtually worthless in the real world -- is gaining fresh value ...

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BAGHDAD — An unexpected bright spot has appeared in this war-ravaged Iraqi capital: The national currency is strengthening against the U.S. dollar. The dinar has appreciated to about 1,400 dinars to ...

In the five days since Saddam Hussein's capture was announced by coalition authorities, the Iraqi dinar has rallied nearly 8 per cent against the dollar in Baghdad's vibrant, open-air currency markets ...

The Jordanian digital dinar already exists and is in use. What remains is its official launch. Standards such as money supply or what is known as liquidity are no longer relevant, and the circulation ...