Currencies and countries

The World Currencies Database includes 788 currency symbols, names and countries with historical or other coinage information and has received over 499867 search inquires.

Random title: Guinea-Bissau

Explanation: Official name: Republic of Guinea-Bissau. Became independent on September 10, 1974. Monetary unit: Guinea escudo. Guinea-Bissau peso replaced the escudo at par in March 1976. Monetary unit: 1 Guinea-Bissau peso (PG) = 100 centavos. Since becoming a member of the French Franc Zone, the Guinea-Bissau peso (PG) was replaced by the CFA Franc in May 1997. Current Monetary unit: 1 CFA Franc = 100 centimes

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Currency or country	Searches	Percentage
NUr$	18516	10.08%
NUr$	18516	10.08%
GS	14390	7.83%
SKr	12954	7.05%
Ptas	12122	6.60%
RO	11071	6.03%
FKr	7801	4.25%
CFA Franc	7499	4.08%
Euro	7228	3.93%
Mexico	7075	3.85%
Fmk	6979	3.80%
Greece	6902	3.76%
Czechoslovakia	6855	3.73%
Saudi Arabia	6800	3.70%
Continental dollars	6766	3.68%
Brazil	6583	3.58%
fen	6514	3.55%
Japan	6492	3.53%
Spain	6367	3.47%
Hungary	6283	3.42%