Currencies and countries

The World Currencies Database includes 788 currency symbols, names and countries with historical or other coinage information and has received over 436272 search inquires.

Selected title: British Virgin Islands
Explanation: Monetary unit: Pound sterling (£) = 100 new pence, 1 U.S. dollar = 100 cents and 1 British West Indian dollar (BWI$) = 100 cents, (EC$ replaced BWI$ in 1966) 1 East Caribbean dollar (EC$) = 100 cents, are all legal tender

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SKr 11724  7.32%
Ptas 11093  6.93%
RO 10053  6.28%
FKr 6362  3.97%
Euro 6293  3.93%
CFA Franc 6246  3.90%
Mexico 6141  3.84%
Czechoslovakia 5865  3.66%
Fmk 5827  3.64%
Continental dollars 5785  3.61%
Saudi Arabia 5722  3.57%
Greece 5707  3.56%
fen 5560  3.47%
Japan 5557  3.47%
Brazil 5537  3.46%
Spain 5426  3.39%
Hungary 5348  3.34%