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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 497841 search inquires.

Selected title: bit
Explanation: The old Mexican 8 reales silver coins, which circulated extensively in America in the 1700's and 1800's, was sometimes divided into sections. A 'bit' was one eight of the coin, 'two bits' was one fourth. This is how the US quarter dollar came to be known as Two Bits

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Currency or countrySearchesPercentage
NUr$ 18450 10.07%
NUr$ 18450 10.07%
GS 14363 7.84%
SKr 12929 7.06%
Ptas 12107 6.61%
RO 11057 6.04%
FKr 7759 4.24%
CFA Franc 7462 4.07%
Euro 7217 3.94%
Mexico 7059 3.85%
Fmk 6949 3.79%
Greece 6864 3.75%
Czechoslovakia 6846 3.74%
Saudi Arabia 6760 3.69%
Continental dollars 6758 3.69%
Brazil 6570 3.59%
fen 6500 3.55%
Japan 6476 3.54%
Spain 6355 3.47%
Hungary 6252 3.41%