Currencies and countries

The World Currencies Database includes 788 currency symbols, names and countries with historical or other coinage information and has received over 525103 search inquires.

Random title: Equatorial Guinea
Explanation: Official name: Republic of Equatorial Guinea. Became an independent republic on October 12, 1968. Monetary unit: Spanish peseta = 100 centimos. Peseta Guineana at par with Spanish peseta. Ekwele at par with Spanish peseta (1973). Ekwele replaced the Spanish peseta in 1979. 1 ekwele (EK plural bikwele) = 100 centimos. Current Monetary unit: 1 CFA franc (CFAF) = 100 centimes, as of January 1, 1985 became a member of the franc zone substituting the CFA franc for the previous Monetary unit, the ekwele (EK plural Bikwele) Effectively devaluing the latter by 82%

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NUr$ 19410  10.09%
NUr$ 19410  10.09%
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Ptas 12435  6.46%
RO 11527  5.99%
FKr 8376  4.35%
CFA Franc 7914  4.11%
Euro 7490  3.89%
Saudi Arabia 7417  3.86%
Mexico 7415  3.85%
Greece 7412  3.85%
Fmk 7296  3.79%
Czechoslovakia 7124  3.70%
Continental dollars 7050  3.67%
Brazil 6979  3.63%
Japan 6854  3.56%
fen 6773  3.52%
Spain 6637  3.45%
Hungary 6586  3.42%