Currencies and countries

The World Currencies Database includes 788 currency symbols, names and countries with historical or other coinage information and has received over 534133 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$ 19742  10.11%
NUr$ 19742  10.11%
GS 15066  7.71%
SKr 13504  6.91%
Ptas 12545  6.42%
RO 11715  6.00%
FKr 8565  4.38%
CFA Franc 8016  4.10%
Greece 7597  3.89%
Euro 7593  3.89%
Saudi Arabia 7591  3.89%
Mexico 7517  3.85%
Fmk 7396  3.79%
Czechoslovakia 7218  3.70%
Continental dollars 7145  3.66%
Brazil 7075  3.62%
Japan 6987  3.58%
fen 6873  3.52%
Spain 6733  3.45%
Hungary 6700  3.43%