1 South African Rand = 0.0454 Cayman Islands Dollar

1 Norwegian Krone = 0.0816 Cayman Islands Dollar

1 Argentine Peso = 0.0125 Cayman Islands Dollar

1 Moroccan Dirham = 0.0848 Cayman Islands Dollar

1 US Dollar = 0.8336 Cayman Islands Dollar

1 Icelandic Krona = 0.0057 Cayman Islands Dollar

1 Kazakhstan Tenge = 0.002 Cayman Islands Dollar

1 Namibian Dollar = 0.045 Cayman Islands Dollar

1 Israeli New Sheqel = 0.2377 Cayman Islands Dollar

1 Costa Rican Colon = 0.0015 Cayman Islands Dollar

1 British Pound Sterling = 1.0341 Cayman Islands Dollar

1 Omani Rial = 2.1738 Cayman Islands Dollar

1 Honduran Lempira = 0.0333 Cayman Islands Dollar

1 Australian Dollar = 0.5447 Cayman Islands Dollar

1 Chinese Yuan Renminbi = 0.1178 Cayman Islands Dollar

1 Hungarian Forint = 0.0026 Cayman Islands Dollar

1 Philippine Peso = 0.0165 Cayman Islands Dollar

1 Kenyan Shilling = 0.0079 Cayman Islands Dollar

1 Latvian Lat = 1.378 Cayman Islands Dollar

1 Egyptian Pound = 0.0536 Cayman Islands Dollar

1 Botswana Pula = 0.0686 Cayman Islands Dollar

1 Bulgarian Lev = 0.4617 Cayman Islands Dollar

1 Canadian Dollar = 0.5947 Cayman Islands Dollar

1 Euro = 0.9145 Cayman Islands Dollar

1 Mexican Peso = 0.0352 Cayman Islands Dollar

1 Brazilian Real = 0.1454 Cayman Islands Dollar

1 United Arab Emirates Dirham = 0.2269 Cayman Islands Dollar

1 Sri Lanka Rupee = 0.0045 Cayman Islands Dollar

1 Algerian Dinar = 0.0065 Cayman Islands Dollar

1 Indonesian Rupiah = 0.0001 Cayman Islands Dollar

1 Lithuanian Lita = 0.2823 Cayman Islands Dollar

1 Nigerian Naira = 0.0021 Cayman Islands Dollar

1 Czech Republic Koruna = 0.0332 Cayman Islands Dollar

1 Bolivian Boliviano = 0.1209 Cayman Islands Dollar

1 Japanese Yen = 0.0078 Cayman Islands Dollar

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