The nominal value or nominal value indicates, a currency has which legal value. It is specified by the publishing institution, usually the central bank. Usually it is imprinted on the currency, and/or impressed.

Collecting tank coins (particularly intending coins as well as old and rare coins) can have a collecting tank value, which lies the often far over nominal value. With coins from precious metals exceeds besides nowadays usually the worth (metal value) the nominal value. If the publishing place redeems a currency only reduced, those general negotiableness not guaranteed or it for invalidly avowedly, the actual value can be in addition, under the nominal value. The value, to which a currency in a transaction is actually accepted, is called exchange rate value. With stable and adjusted currency ratios the nominal value and the exchange rate value are identical; this is in most industrial nations the case.

There is the nominal value also with securities.

The nominal value/nominal amount of shares

N: Nominal value of a share

G: Capital stock of the AG (at least 50,000 EUR)

A: Number of shares

N = \ frac {G} {A}

Here it is important not to confound the nominal amount with the issue rate since this is determined on the capital market by supply and demand.

With the expenditure of young shares (S. capital increase) the issue rate can be specified however after a resolution of the general meeting.

See also

Agio, Disagio, monetary value

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