Currencies and countries

The World Currencies Database includes 788 currency symbols, names and countries with historical or other coinage information and has received over 526011 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$ 19454  10.10%
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SKr 13364  6.94%
Ptas 12446  6.46%
RO 11549  5.99%
FKr 8397  4.36%
CFA Franc 7921  4.11%
Euro 7503  3.89%
Saudi Arabia 7443  3.86%
Greece 7431  3.86%
Mexico 7422  3.85%
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Czechoslovakia 7133  3.70%
Continental dollars 7056  3.66%
Brazil 6987  3.63%
Japan 6868  3.56%
fen 6785  3.52%
Spain 6646  3.45%
Hungary 6594  3.42%