Currencies and countries

The World Currencies Database includes 788 currency symbols, names and countries with historical or other coinage information and has received over 525290 search inquires.

Selected title: Uganda
Explanation: Official name: Republic of Uganda. Monetary unit: East African shilling (£) = 100 cents. Uganda shilling (U Sh) replaced the East African shilling (£) in 1967. Current Monetary unit: 1 Uganda shilling (U Sh) = 100 cents

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Currency or countrySearchesPercentage
NUr$ 19420  10.09%
NUr$ 19420  10.09%
GS 14890  7.74%
SKr 13351  6.94%
Ptas 12441  6.47%
RO 11531  5.99%
FKr 8380  4.36%
CFA Franc 7914  4.11%
Euro 7494  3.89%
Saudi Arabia 7424  3.86%
Greece 7420  3.86%
Mexico 7415  3.85%
Fmk 7298  3.79%
Czechoslovakia 7126  3.70%
Continental dollars 7050  3.66%
Brazil 6982  3.63%
Japan 6857  3.56%
fen 6776  3.52%
Spain 6638  3.45%
Hungary 6588  3.42%