Currencies and countries

The World Currencies Database includes 788 currency symbols, names and countries with historical or other coinage information and has received over 434600 search inquires.

Selected title: Tanzania
Explanation: Official name: Republic of Tanzania. Monetary unit: East African shilling (£) = 100 cents. Tanzanian shilling replaced the East African shilling (£) on June 14, 1966. Current Monetary unit: 1 Tanzanian shilling (TSh) = 100 cents

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NUr$ 16200  10.17%
NUr$ 16200  10.17%
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Ptas 11059  6.94%
RO 10025  6.29%
FKr 6304  3.96%
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CFA Franc 6207  3.90%
Mexico 6111  3.83%
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Fmk 5796  3.64%
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Greece 5678  3.56%
fen 5531  3.47%
Japan 5529  3.47%
Brazil 5509  3.46%
Spain 5398  3.39%
Hungary 5322  3.34%