Currencies and countries

The World Currencies Database includes 788 currency symbols, names and countries with historical or other coinage information and has received over 497555 search inquires.

Selected 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 countrySearchesPercentage
NUr$ 18442 10.07%
NUr$ 18442 10.07%
GS 14363 7.84%
SKr 12927 7.06%
Ptas 12106 6.61%
RO 11053 6.04%
FKr 7755 4.23%
CFA Franc 7453 4.07%
Euro 7216 3.94%
Mexico 7055 3.85%
Fmk 6945 3.79%
Greece 6859 3.75%
Czechoslovakia 6846 3.74%
Continental dollars 6756 3.69%
Saudi Arabia 6751 3.69%
Brazil 6566 3.59%
fen 6500 3.55%
Japan 6475 3.54%
Spain 6353 3.47%
Hungary 6249 3.41%