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1 Iraqi Dinar was 4.02 USD in 1945 and in 2021 1 Iraqi Dinar is 0.00069 USD

https://history.navy.mil/research/library/online-reading-roo...

https://google.com/search?q=1+dinar+to+usd&oq=1+&aqs=chrome....

This is an annualized excess inflation rate of about 12% over that period. (No particular meaning intended by this comment, and of course the inflation rates of both the dollar and dinar are not even close to constant over time... just an interesting number.)

Just swap two digits and what a meme that would be.

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