Currencies and countries

The World Currencies Database includes 788 currency symbols, names and countries with historical or other coinage information and has received over 523588 search inquires.

Selected title: British Virgin Islands
Explanation: Monetary unit: Pound sterling (£) = 100 new pence, 1 U.S. dollar = 100 cents and 1 British West Indian dollar (BWI$) = 100 cents, (EC$ replaced BWI$ in 1966) 1 East Caribbean dollar (EC$) = 100 cents, are all legal tender

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NUr$ 19346  10.09%
NUr$ 19346  10.09%
GS 14843  7.74%
SKr 13325  6.95%
Ptas 12413  6.47%
RO 11490  5.99%
FKr 8334  4.35%
CFA Franc 7892  4.11%
Euro 7476  3.90%
Mexico 7396  3.86%
Saudi Arabia 7382  3.85%
Greece 7372  3.84%
Fmk 7281  3.80%
Czechoslovakia 7108  3.71%
Continental dollars 7035  3.67%
Brazil 6960  3.63%
Japan 6827  3.56%
fen 6760  3.52%
Spain 6622  3.45%
Hungary 6566  3.42%