Currencies and countries

The World Currencies Database includes 788 currency symbols, names and countries with historical or other coinage information and has received over 520193 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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SKr 13266  6.97%
Ptas 12360  6.50%
RO 11400  5.99%
FKr 8243  4.33%
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Mexico 7341  3.86%
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Continental dollars 6980  3.67%
Brazil 6899  3.63%
Japan 6750  3.55%
fen 6712  3.53%
Spain 6567  3.45%
Hungary 6501  3.42%