Currencies and countries

The World Currencies Database includes 788 currency symbols, names and countries with historical or other coinage information and has received over 369864 search inquires.

Random title: Western Samoa
Explanation: (See Samoa) Official name: Independent States of Western Samoa. Monetary unit: New Zealand pound (£NZ). Western Samoa pound (£WS) at par with New Zealand pound (1965). Western Samoa thaler (dollar) (later it was spelled tala) replaced the Western Samoa pound in 1968. Current Monetary unit: 1 tala (WS$ plural tala) = 100 sene

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Currency or countrySearchesPercentage
NUr$ 13944 10.10%
NUr$ 13944 10.10%
GS 12253 8.88%
SKr 10497 7.61%
Ptas 9468 6.86%
RO 9006 6.53%
Euro 5401 3.91%
FKr 5335 3.87%
CFA Franc 5267 3.82%
Mexico 5171 3.75%
Czechoslovakia 5023 3.64%
Fmk 4934 3.58%
Continental dollars 4881 3.54%
Saudi Arabia 4849 3.51%
Greece 4833 3.50%
Japan 4710 3.41%
fen 4703 3.41%
Brazil 4622 3.35%
Spain 4603 3.34%
Hungary 4530 3.28%