Currencies and countries

The World Currencies Database includes 788 currency symbols, names and countries with historical or other coinage information and has received over 213564 search inquires.

Random title: Tanganyika

Explanation: (In 1964 Tanganyika merged with Zanzibar to form Tanzania) Monetary unit: East African shilling (£) = 100 cents

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Currency or country	Searches	Percentage
NUr$	9188	10.73%
NUr$	9188	10.73%
SKr	7582	8.85%
RO	6867	8.02%
Ptas	6099	7.12%
Euro	3721	4.34%
FKr	3716	4.34%
CFA Franc	3453	4.03%
Fmk	3292	3.84%
Czechoslovakia	3272	3.82%
Continental dollars	3157	3.69%
Mexico	3149	3.68%
Saudi Arabia	3106	3.63%
Greece	2967	3.46%
Spain	2883	3.37%
Brazil	2850	3.33%
Republic of China	2827	3.30%
Hungary	2821	3.29%
gilder	2820	3.29%
Japan	2680	3.13%