Currencies and countries

The World Currencies Database includes 788 currency symbols, names and countries with historical or other coinage information and has received over 193996 search inquires.

Selected term: Republic of China
Explanation: See Taiwan (Formosa)

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Currency or countrySearchesPercentage
NUr$ 8390 10.77%
NUr$ 8390 10.77%
SKr 7063 9.06%
RO 6237 8.00%
Ptas 5422 6.96%
FKr 3376 4.33%
Euro 3323 4.26%
CFA Franc 3186 4.09%
Czechoslovakia 3015 3.87%
Fmk 3012 3.87%
Saudi Arabia 2851 3.66%
Mexico 2839 3.64%
Continental dollars 2772 3.56%
Greece 2705 3.47%
Brazil 2601 3.34%
Spain 2598 3.33%
Republic of China 2575 3.30%
gilder 2561 3.29%
Hungary 2560 3.29%
Japan 2432 3.12%