Currencies and countries

The World Currencies Database includes 788 currency symbols, names and countries with historical or other coinage information and has received over 528206 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$ 19550  10.10%
NUr$ 19550  10.10%
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SKr 13401  6.92%
Ptas 12481  6.45%
RO 11597  5.99%
FKr 8451  4.37%
CFA Franc 7952  4.11%
Euro 7539  3.90%
Greece 7485  3.87%
Saudi Arabia 7485  3.87%
Mexico 7455  3.85%
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Czechoslovakia 7158  3.70%
Continental dollars 7088  3.66%
Brazil 7018  3.63%
Japan 6904  3.57%
fen 6811  3.52%
Spain 6668  3.45%
Hungary 6622  3.42%