Currencies and countries

The World Currencies Database includes 788 currency symbols, names and countries with historical or other coinage information and has received over 463617 search inquires.

Random title: Turks and Caicos islands
Explanation: Monetary unit: Jamaican pound at par with the pound sterling. Jamaican dollar replaced the pound in 1971, 1 Jamaican dollar = 100 cents. U.S. dollar replaced the Jamaican dollar in 1975. Current Monetary unit: 1 U.S. dollar = 100 cents

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Currency or countrySearchesPercentage
NUr$ 17480  10.08%
NUr$ 17480  10.08%
GS 13929  8.03%
SKr 12437  7.17%
Ptas 11684  6.73%
RO 10660  6.14%
FKr 7153  4.12%
CFA Franc 6917  3.99%
Euro 6874  3.96%
Mexico 6729  3.88%
Czechoslovakia 6465  3.73%
Fmk 6416  3.70%
Continental dollars 6371  3.67%
Greece 6358  3.66%
Saudi Arabia 6292  3.63%
Brazil 6137  3.54%
fen 6126  3.53%
Japan 6106  3.52%
Spain 5978  3.45%
Hungary 5873  3.39%