Currency

A currency is a unit of money (or monetary unit). Typically, each country has given monopoly to a single currency, controlled by a state owned central bank, although exceptions from this rule exist. Several countries can use the same name, each for their own currency (e.g. Canadian dollars and US dollars).

Each currency typically has one fraction currency, valued at 1/100 of the main currency: 100 cent?s = 1 dollar, 100 centimes = 1 franc. These fractions are not listed below.

To find out which currency is used in a particular country, start at the countries of the world.

Currency names of the world in alphabetic order by currency name:

• Afgani? - Afghanistan
• Birr? - Ethiopia
• Boliviano? - Bolivia
• Cedi? - Ghana
• Colon? - Costa Rica, El Salvador
• Crown - see Koruna, Kroon, Krona, Krone below
• Dalasi? - Gambia
• Dinar? - Algeria, Bahrain, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait
• Dollar - Antigua And Barbuda, Australia, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Brunei, Canada, Cayman Islands, Christmas Island, Cocos Islands, Cook Islands, Dominica, Fiji, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Hong Kong, Jamaica, Kiribati, United States, Zimbabwe
• Dong? - Vietnam
• Drachma - Greece
• Dram? - Armenia
• Escudo? - Cape Verde, Portugal
• Euro - European Union
• Forint? - Hungary
• Franc - Andorra, Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Côte d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, France, French Guiana, French Guinea, French Polynesia, Gabon, Guadeloupe, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Republic of the Congo, Switzerland
• Gourde? - Haiti
• Guilder? - Netherlands
• Kina? - Papua New Guinea
• Koruna? - Czech republic
• Kroon? - Estonia
• Krona - Iceland, Sweden
• Krone - Denmark, Faroe Islands, Greenland, Norway
• Kuna? - Croatia
• Kwanza? - Angola
• Kyat? - Burma
• Lari? - Georgia
• Lek? - Albania
• Lempira? - Honduras
• Lev? - Bulgaria
• Lira? - Cyprus, Italy, Vatican City
• Manat? - Azerbaijan
• Mark - Germany
• Marka? - Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Markka - Finland
• Nafka? - Eritrea
• Ngultrum? - Bhutan
• Pesetas? - Spain
• Peso? - Argentina,Chile, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Mexico
• Pound - Cyprus, Egypt, Falkland Islands, Gibraltar, Guernsey, Ireland, Jersey, United Kingdom
• Pula? - Botswana
• Quetzal? - Guatemala
• Rand? - South Africa
• Real? - Brazil
• Riel? - Cambodia
• Rouble? - Belarus, Russia
• Rupee? - India
• Rupiah? - Indonesia
• Shekel? - Gaza Strip, Israel
• Shilling? - Austria, Kenya
• Som? - Kyrgyzstan
• Sucre? - Ecuador
• Taka? - Bangladesh
• Tenge? - Kazakhstan
• Toman? - Iran
• Won? - North Korea, South Korea
• Yen? - Japan
• Yuan? - Peoples Republic of China
• Zloty? - Poland

International three letter currency codes are formed by the ISO 3166 country code plus an additional letter. They are, in alphabetic order by code.

• ATS - Austrian schilling
• AUD - Australian dollar
• BEF - Belgian franc
• CHF - Swiss Franc
• DEM - Deutch mark
• DKK - Danish Krone
• EUR - Euro
• ESP - Spanish peseta
• FRF - French Franc
• FIM - Finnish Markka
• GBP - United Kingdom Pound
• IEP - Irish pound
• ITL - Italian lire
• LUF - Luxemburg franc
• NLG - (Dutch) Netherlands guilder
• NOK - Norwegian Krone
• PLN - Polish Zloty?
• PTE - Portugese escudo
• SEK - Swedish Krona
• USD - United States Dollar

Currency symbols:

• ¤ - Generic currency sign
• $ - dollar sign
• ¢ - cent sign
• ₥ - Mill Sign - Usa (1/10 cent)
• £ - pound sign
• ¥ - yen sign - Japan
• ৲ - rupee mark - Bengal
• ৳ - rupee sign - Bengal
• ฿ - Baht sign - Thailand
• ៛ - Riel sign - Khmer
• ₠ - Euro-Currency Sign - intended for ECU, but not widely used. Historical character, this is NOT the euro!
• € - Euro Sign - Currency sign for the European Monetary Union
• ₡ - Colon Sign Costa Rica, El Salvador
• ₢ - Cruzeiro Sign - Brazil
• ₣ - French Franc Sign - France
• ₤ - Lira Sign - Italy, Turkey
• ₦ - Naira Sign - Nigeria
• ₧ - Peseta Sign - Spain
• ₨ - Rupee Sign - India
• ₩ - Won Sign - Korea
• ₪ - New Sheqel Sign - Israel
• ₫ - Dong Sign - Vietnam
• ₭ - Kip Sign - Laos
• ₮ - Tugrik Sign - Mongolia (also transliterated as tugrug, tugric, tugrog, togrog)
• ₯ - Drachma Sign - Greece

===Historic Currencies===

• drachma - Ancient Greece
• denarius - Ancient Rome

===Local currency===

• Ithaca Hours - Ithaca, New York

===Pseudo currency==

• Krugerrand

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Wouldn't it be better if the currency codes appeared in parentheses after each country name in the first table? --Pinkunicorn