Currencies and countries

The World Currencies Database includes 788 currency symbols, names and countries with historical or other coinage information and has received over 492004 search inquires.

Selected title: Saint Christopher and Nevis
Explanation: (see Saint Kitts and Nevis.) Monetary unit: 1 British West Indian dollar (BWI$) = 100 cents, (EC$ replaced BWI$ in 1966). 1 East Caribbean dollar (EC$) = 100 cents

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Currency or countrySearchesPercentage
NUr$ 18354  10.08%
NUr$ 18354  10.08%
GS 14314  7.86%
SKr 12859  7.06%
Ptas 12071  6.63%
RO 11019  6.05%
FKr 7672  4.21%
CFA Franc 7383  4.06%
Euro 7187  3.95%
Mexico 7014  3.85%
Fmk 6868  3.77%
Czechoslovakia 6817  3.74%
Greece 6791  3.73%
Continental dollars 6716  3.69%
Saudi Arabia 6652  3.65%
Brazil 6520  3.58%
fen 6474  3.56%
Japan 6437  3.54%
Spain 6324  3.47%
Hungary 6210  3.41%