Currencies and countries

The World Currencies Database includes 788 currency symbols, names and countries with historical or other coinage information and has received over 475047 search inquires.

Selected title: New Guinea
Explanation: (See Papua New Guinea) Monetary unit: Australian pound (£A), Australian dollar ($A) replaced the old Australian pound at a rate of 2 old to 1 new on February 14, 1966. 1 Australian dollar ($A) = 100 cents

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NUr$ 17898  10.07%
NUr$ 17898  10.07%
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SKr 12645  7.11%
Ptas 11884  6.68%
RO 10843  6.10%
FKr 7406  4.17%
CFA Franc 7142  4.02%
Euro 7037  3.96%
Mexico 6882  3.87%
Czechoslovakia 6650  3.74%
Fmk 6640  3.73%
Greece 6590  3.71%
Continental dollars 6541  3.68%
Saudi Arabia 6490  3.65%
Brazil 6328  3.56%
fen 6305  3.55%
Japan 6293  3.54%
Spain 6144  3.46%
Hungary 6038  3.40%