Currencies and countries

The World Currencies Database includes 788 currency symbols, names and countries with historical or other coinage information and has received over 457616 search inquires.

Selected title: East Caribbean States
Explanation: Monetary unit: 1 dollar = 100 cents. The East Caribbean States formerly the British Caribbean Territories, formed a currency board in 1950 to provide the constituent territories of Trinidad and Tobage, Barbados, British Guiana (now Guyana), Britishirgin Islands, Angulla, St. Kitts, Nevis, Antigua, Dominica, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and Grenada with a common currency, thereby permitting withdrawl of the regular British Pound currency

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NUr$ 17256  10.09%
NUr$ 17256  10.09%
GS 13819  8.08%
SKr 12314  7.20%
Ptas 11570  6.76%
RO 10559  6.17%
FKr 7008  4.10%
CFA Franc 6790  3.97%
Euro 6778  3.96%
Mexico 6635  3.88%
Czechoslovakia 6350  3.71%
Fmk 6301  3.68%
Continental dollars 6248  3.65%
Greece 6234  3.64%
Saudi Arabia 6176  3.61%
Brazil 6035  3.53%
fen 6020  3.52%
Japan 6005  3.51%
Spain 5884  3.44%
Hungary 5784  3.38%