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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 414581 search inquires.

Selected title: Turkmenistan
Explanation: Official name: Turkmenistan. (Part of the former Soviet Union) Monetary unit: 1 ruble = 100 kopecks. The manat was introduced September 1, 1993 at a 1,000 to 1 ratio with the Russian ruble and circulated parallel with it, on November 1, 1993, the manat became the sole legal tender at par with the U.S. dollar at that time (valuation October 7, 1994 1 U.S.$ = 10 manat, valuation October 4, 1995 1 U.S.$ = 200 manat, October 11, 1996 1 U.S.$ = 4,060 manat). Current Monetary unit: manat

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Japan 5195 3.43%
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