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Where to exchange money in Sulaymaniyah: the souq by the Khanqa mosque, and why no board is online
Sulaymaniyah has one of the busiest currency souqs in Iraq and not a single office that publishes its board online. Where the market is, who is listed, and…
4 September
Industry
Where to exchange money in Erbil: Ronaki, Nishtiman and the offices that publish a board
Erbil is the only Iraqi city where several exchange offices publish their board online every day. Where they are, how they quote, and what to check before you…
4 September
Analysis
Gold price in Iraq today: the mithqal, the karats, and ten years of the ounce
Iraq buys gold by the mithqal and by karat. This is how the world ounce turns into a Baghdad or Erbil price, what a mithqal of 21-karat costs…
1 September
Industry
How much is 100 dollars in Iraqi dinar? The answer at every rate, with the numbers behind it
A hundred dollars is worth a different number of dinars at the bank, at the exchange office and on a transfer. Here are all three, a twenty-month record…
1 September
Analysis
Dollar rate in Iraq today: how the number is made, and how to read it
Iraq runs two dollar rates. This is what each one is, where DinarView reads the market one, and five years of data on how far apart they have…
1 September
Industry
Dinar to dollars: how to buy and sell dollars in Iraq without losing to the spread
Going from dinars to dollars is a different transaction from the other way round, with its own price. The buy and sell sides explained, what a torn note…
1 September
Industry
The Iraqi dinar: a century of the currency, the notes in circulation, and what it is worth today
From 3.3 dollars per dinar in 1932 to 1,546 dinars per dollar in 2026: the dinar’s five eras, every note in your wallet and what it buys, and…
1 September
Analysis
Why the dollar rises and falls in Iraq: the five forces, measured against four years of data
The market rate is not random and not driven by what most people assume. Dollar supply through the Central Bank’s window, import demand, the seasons, the toman and…
1 September
Analysis
The dollar in Erbil: how Kurdistan’s boards quote, where the market sits, and why the toman is on every one of them
Erbil’s exchange offices print two-sided boards, quote every currency against the dollar, and list the Iranian toman beside the euro. A guide to reading them, with the three…
1 September
Analysis
The Kifah bourse: how Baghdad sets the dollar price every morning
Two street markets in Baghdad, Kifah and Harthiya, set the number the whole country quotes. How the morning session works, why one board rate travels to Basra and…
1 September