The national currency is the Tunisian dinar. US$1 = 1.33750 TND (01 June 2009). GBP£1 = 2.19425 TND (1 June 2009) . The Dinar is divided into 1000 Milliemes, with typical coins being 5 Dinars (Silver with copper insert), 1 Dinar (large silver color), 500 Milliemes (1/2 Dinar: smaller silver color), 100 Milliemes, (large brass), 20 and 10 Milliemes (smaller brass) and 5 Milliemes (small aluminum). It is prohibited to bring dinars in and out of Tunisia, so you have to change your money locally. Prices are typically marked in Dinars and Milliemes, with a decimal point like: 5.600 or 24.000 or 0.360 sometimes with TND as a label like TND 85.500 . Markets typically sell items by the Kilogram. So tomatoes may have a sign "480" on them which means 480 Milliemes per Kilo. Good cheese will be marked something like 12.400 or about $10 a Kilo. Most self-serve supermarkets expect you to put your purchases in supplied plastic bags and then bring them to a nearby "balance" where a worker will weigh them and apply a price sticker.
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