Currencies and countries

The World Currencies Database includes 788 currency symbols, names and countries with historical or other coinage information and has received over 517138 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$ 19058  10.08%
NUr$ 19058  10.08%
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SKr 13214  6.99%
Ptas 12302  6.51%
RO 11322  5.99%
FKr 8159  4.32%
CFA Franc 7788  4.12%
Euro 7386  3.91%
Mexico 7300  3.86%
Saudi Arabia 7222  3.82%
Greece 7197  3.81%
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Czechoslovakia 7011  3.71%
Continental dollars 6929  3.67%
Brazil 6846  3.62%
Japan 6695  3.54%
fen 6663  3.53%
Spain 6527  3.45%
Hungary 6444  3.41%