Currencies and countries

The World Currencies Database includes 788 currency symbols, names and countries with historical or other coinage information and has received over 523325 search inquires.

Selected title: Barbados
Explanation: Official name: Barbados. Monetary unit: 1 British West Indian dollar (BWI$) = 100 cents, (EC$ replaced BWI$ in 1966) 1 East Caribbean dollar (EC$) = 100 cents, Barbados dollar replaced the East Caribbean dollar in 1974. Current Monetary unit: 1 Barbados dollar (BDS$) = 100 cents

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