Currencies and countries

The World Currencies Database includes 788 currency symbols, names and countries with historical or other coinage information and has received over 536191 search inquires.

Selected title: Dominica
Explanation: Official name: Commonwealth of Dominica. Monetary unit: 1 British West Indian dollar (BWI$) = 100 cents, (EC$ replaced BWI$ in 1966). Current Monetary unit: 1 East Caribbean dollar (EC$) = 100 cents

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NUr$ 19834  10.11%
NUr$ 19834  10.11%
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SKr 13544  6.91%
Ptas 12573  6.41%
RO 11763  6.00%
FKr 8620  4.39%
CFA Franc 8043  4.10%
Greece 7641  3.90%
Saudi Arabia 7636  3.89%
Euro 7620  3.89%
Mexico 7544  3.85%
Fmk 7427  3.79%
Czechoslovakia 7245  3.69%
Continental dollars 7172  3.66%
Brazil 7100  3.62%
Japan 7026  3.58%
fen 6898  3.52%
Spain 6766  3.45%
Hungary 6731  3.43%