Currencies and countries

The World Currencies Database includes 788 currency symbols, names and countries with historical or other coinage information and has received over 496470 search inquires.

Selected title: Western Samoa
Explanation: (See Samoa) Official name: Independent States of Western Samoa. Monetary unit: New Zealand pound (£NZ). Western Samoa pound (£WS) at par with New Zealand pound (1965). Western Samoa thaler (dollar) (later it was spelled tala) replaced the Western Samoa pound in 1968. Current Monetary unit: 1 tala (WS$ plural tala) = 100 sene

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Currency or countrySearchesPercentage
NUr$ 18424 10.07%
NUr$ 18424 10.07%
GS 14353 7.85%
SKr 12912 7.06%
Ptas 12097 6.62%
RO 11048 6.04%
FKr 7740 4.23%
CFA Franc 7434 4.07%
Euro 7206 3.94%
Mexico 7046 3.85%
Fmk 6930 3.79%
Greece 6846 3.74%
Czechoslovakia 6837 3.74%
Continental dollars 6745 3.69%
Saudi Arabia 6720 3.67%
Brazil 6557 3.59%
fen 6493 3.55%
Japan 6468 3.54%
Spain 6345 3.47%
Hungary 6238 3.41%