Currencies and countries

The World Currencies Database includes 788 currency symbols, names and countries with historical or other coinage information and has received over 516862 search inquires.

Selected title: Algeria
Explanation: Official name: People's Democratic Republic of Algeria Monetary unit: French franc, dinar at par with French franc (1964) dinar replaced French franc in 1969. 1 Algerian dinar (DA) = 100 centimes

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Currency or countrySearchesPercentage
NUr$ 19042  10.08%
NUr$ 19042  10.08%
GS 14666  7.77%
SKr 13208  6.99%
Ptas 12299  6.51%
RO 11318  5.99%
FKr 8152  4.32%
CFA Franc 7783  4.12%
Euro 7382  3.91%
Mexico 7292  3.86%
Saudi Arabia 7216  3.82%
Greece 7192  3.81%
Fmk 7182  3.80%
Czechoslovakia 7009  3.71%
Continental dollars 6926  3.67%
Brazil 6842  3.62%
Japan 6691  3.54%
fen 6659  3.53%
Spain 6525  3.45%
Hungary 6441  3.41%