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The World Currencies Database includes 788 currency symbols, names and countries with historical or other coinage information and has received over 218885 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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Currency or countrySearchesPercentage
NUr$ 9404 10.69%
NUr$ 9404 10.69%
SKr 7705 8.76%
RO 6979 7.93%
Ptas 6223 7.07%
Euro 3827 4.35%
FKr 3816 4.34%
CFA Franc 3558 4.04%
Fmk 3398 3.86%
Czechoslovakia 3394 3.86%
Continental dollars 3257 3.70%
Mexico 3255 3.70%
Saudi Arabia 3207 3.64%
Greece 3072 3.49%
Spain 2983 3.39%
Brazil 2955 3.36%
Republic of China 2927 3.33%
gilder 2923 3.32%
Hungary 2915 3.31%
Japan 2797 3.18%