List of currencies

From Academic Kids Online Encyclopedia

This list contains the 159 or 160 legal or de-facto currencies of the 191 UN member states (one of which - Missing image
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Serbia and Montenegro

 Serbia and Montenegro - is split up into  Serbia,  Montenegro, and Missing image
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Kosovo

 Kosovo) the Missing image
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Vatican City

Vatican City, Missing image
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Taiwan

 Taiwan, Missing image
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Transnistria

Transnistria, and 40 dependencies (in italics). After all the likely changes have been made, the number will be reduced by 25 or 26 and  East Timor will have adopted its own currency, making the probable total 134.

Contents

1 Africa 1.1 Central Africa (5) 1.2 East Africa (7) 1.3 South Africa (13) 1.4 West Africa (9) 2 America 2.1 Caribbean (13-14) 2.2 Central America (7) 2.3 North America (6) 2.4 South America (14) 3 Arabian States 3.1 Gulf (13) 3.2 North Africa (10) 4 Asia 4.1 Central Asia (7) 4.2 East Asia (7) 4.3 South Asia (7) 4.4 South-East Asia (11) 5 Europe 5.1 Eurozone (1) 5.2 Northwest Europe (9) 5.3 Central Europe (6) 5.4 East Europe incl. Baltic States (8) 5.5 Balkans (7) 5.6 Mediterranean (4) 5.7 Caucasus (3) 6 Pacific 6.1 Oceania (12) 7 Non-Continental (3) 8 Notes

Africa

Central Africa (5)

• Central African CFA franc (XAF) - Missing image
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   Cameroon, Missing image
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   Central African Republic, Missing image
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  Chad
  
   Chad,  Republic of the Congo,  Equatorial Guinea,  Gabon
• Angolan kwanza (AOA) - Missing image
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  Angola
  
   Angola
• Burundi franc (BIF) - Missing image
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   Burundi
• Congolese franc (CDF) - Missing image
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   Democratic Republic of the Congo
• Rwandan franc (RWF) -  Rwanda

East Africa (7)

• Comorian franc (KMF) -  Comoros
• Djiboutian franc (DJF) -  Djibouti
• Kenyan shilling^EAC (KES) -  Kenya
• Seychelles rupee (SCR) -  Seychelles
• Somali shilling (SOS) - Missing image
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   Somalia
• Tanzanian shilling^EAC (TZS) -  Tanzania
• Ugandan shilling^EAC (UGX) -  Uganda

South Africa (13)

• Euro (EUR) -  Mayotte,  Réunion
• Botswana pula (BWP) -  Botswana
• Lesotho loti (LSL) -  Lesotho
• Malagasy ariary (MGA) - Missing image
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  Madagascar
  
   Madagascar
• Malawian kwacha (MWK) -  Malawi
• Mauritian rupee (MUR) - Missing image
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  Mauritius
  
   Mauritius
• Mozambique metical (MZM) -  Mozambique
• Namibian dollar (NAD) - Missing image
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   Namibia
• Saint Helenian pound^Pound (SHP) -  Saint Helena
• South African rand (ZAR) -  South Africa
• Swaziland lilangeni (SZL) - Missing image
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   Swaziland
• Zambian kwacha (ZMK) -  Zambia
• Zimbabwe dollar (ZWD) -  Zimbabwe

West Africa (9)

• West African CFA franc (XOF) -  Benin, Missing image
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   Burkina Faso,  Côte d'Ivoire,  Guinea-Bissau,  Mali,  Niger, Missing image
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   Senegal,  Togo
• Cape Verde escudo^Euro (CVE) - Missing image
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   Cape Verde
• Gambian dalasi^WAMZ (GMD) -  Gambia
• Ghanaian cedi^WAMZ (GHC) -  Ghana
• Guinean franc^WAMZ (GNF) - Missing image
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  Guinea
  
   Guinea
• Liberian dollar^WAMZ (LRD) - Missing image
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  Liberia
  
   Liberia
• Nigerian naira^WAMZ (NGN) -  Nigeria
• São Tomé and Príncipe Dobra (STD) -  São Tomé and Príncipe
• Sierra Leonean Leone^WAMZ (SLL) -  Sierra Leone

America

Caribbean (13-14)

• East Caribbean dollar (XCD) -  Anguilla,  Antigua and Barbuda,  Dominica,  Grenada,  Montserrat,  Saint Kitts and Nevis,  Saint Lucia,  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
• Euro (EUR) -  Guadeloupe,  Martinique
• United States dollar (USD) -  British Virgin Islands,  Puerto Rico,  Turks and Caicos Islands,  United States Virgin Islands
• Aruban guilder (AWG) -  Aruba
• Bahamian dollar (BSD) -  Bahamas
• Barbadian dollar (BBD) -  Barbados
• Cayman Islands dollar (KYD) -  Cayman Islands
• Cuban peso, Cuban convertible peso^{change in Cuba} (CUP, CUC) -  Cuba
• Dominican peso (DOP) -  Dominican Republic
• Haitian gourde (HTG) - Missing image
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  Haiti
  
   Haiti
• Jamaican dollar (JMD) -  Jamaica
• Netherlands Antillian guilder (ANG) - Missing image
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  Netherlands Antilles
  
   Netherland Antilles
• Trinidad and Tobago dollar (TTD) -  Trinidad and Tobago

Central America (7)

• Belize dollar (BZD) -  Belize
• Costa Rican colón (CRC) -  Costa Rica
• Guatemalan quetzal (GTQ) -  Guatemala
• Honduran lempira (HNL) -  Honduras
• Nicaraguan córdoba (NIO) -  Nicaragua
• Panamanian balboa (PAB) -  Panama
• Salvadoran colón^{change in El Salvador} (SVC) -  El Salvador

North America (6)

• Euro (EUR) -  Saint-Pierre and Miquelon
• Bermuda dollar (BMD) -  Bermuda
• Canadian dollar (CAD) -  Canada
• Danish krone (DKK) -  Greenland
• Mexican peso (MXN) - Missing image
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  Mexico
  
   Mexico
• United States dollar (USD) - Missing image
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  United States
  
  United States

South America (14)

• Euro (EUR) -  French Guiana
• United States dollar (USD) -  Ecuador
• Argentine peso (ARS) -  Argentina
• Bolivian boliviano (BOB) -  Bolivia
• Brazilian real (BRL) -  Brazil
• Chilean peso (CLP) -  Chile
• Colombian peso (COP) -  Colombia
• Falkland Islands pound^Pound (FKP) -  Falkland Islands
• Guyanese dollar (GYD) -  Guyana
• Paraguayan guaraní (PYG) -  Paraguay
• Peruvian nuevo sol (PEN) -  Peru
• Suriname dollar (SRD) -  Suriname
• Uruguayan peso (UYU) - Missing image
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  Uruguay
  
   Uruguay
• Venezuelan bolívar (VEB) -  Venezuela

Arabian States

Gulf (13)

• Bahraini dinar (BHD) -  Bahrain
• Iranian rial (IRR) -  Iran
• Iraqi dinar (IQD) -  Iraq
• Israeli new sheqel (ILS) -  Israel
• Jordanian dinar (JOD) -  Jordan
• Kuwaiti dinar (KWD) -  Kuwait
• Lebanese pound (LBP) - Missing image
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  Lebanon
  
   Lebanon
• Omani rial (OMR) -  Oman
• Qatari riyal (QAR) - Missing image
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  Qatar
  
   Qatar
• Saudi Arabian riyal (SAR) - Missing image
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  Saudi Arabia
  
   Saudi Arabia
• Syrian pound (SYP) -  Syria
• United Arab Emirates dirham (AED) -  United Arab Emirates
• Yemeni rial (YER) -  Yemen

North Africa (10)

• Algerian dinar (DZD) - Missing image
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  Algeria
  
   Algeria
• Egyptian pound (EGP) - Missing image
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  Egypt
  
   Egypt
• Eritrean nakfa (ERN) -  Eritrea
• Ethiopian birr (ETB) -  Ethiopia
• Libyan dinar (LYD) -  Libya
• Mauritanian ouguiya (MRO) - Missing image
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  Mauritania
  
   Mauritania
• Moroccan dirham (MAD) - Missing image
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  Morocco
  
   Morocco
• Sudanese Pound (none) - Missing image
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  Southern Sudan
  
   Southern Sudan
• Sudanese dinar (SDD) -  Sudan
• Tunisian dinar (TND) -  Tunisia

Asia

Central Asia (7)

• Afghan afghani (AFN) -  Afghanistan
• Kazakhstani tenge (KZT) - Missing image
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  Kazakhstan
  
   Kazakhstan
• Kyrgyzstani som (KGS) -  Kyrgyzstan
• Mongolian tugrug (MNT) - Missing image
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  Mongolia
  
   Mongolia
• Tajikistani somoni (TJS) - Missing image
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  Tajikistan
  
   Tajikistan
• Turkmen manat (TMM) -  Turkmenistan
• Uzbekistani som (UZS) - Missing image
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  Uzbekistan
  
   Uzbekistan

East Asia (7)

• Chinese yuan renminbi (CNY) - Missing image
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  People's Republic of China
  
   People's Republic of China
• Hong Kong dollar (HKD) - Missing image
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  Hong Kong
  
   Hong Kong
• Japanese yen (JPY) - Missing image
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  Japan
  
   Japan
• Macanese pataca (MOP) -  Macao
• North Korean won (KPW) - Missing image
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  Democratic People's Republic of Korea
  
   Democratic People's Republic of Korea
• South Korean won (KRW) -  Republic of Korea
• (New Taiwan dollar)^recognition (TWD) - Missing image
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  Taiwan
  
   Taiwan

South Asia (7)

• Bangladeshi taka (BDT) -  Bangladesh
• Bhutanese ngultrum (BTN) -  Bhutan
• Indian rupee (INR) -  India
• Maldives rufiyaa (MVR) -  Maldives
• Nepalese rupee (NPR) -  Nepal
• Pakistani rupee (PKR) -  Pakistan
• Sri Lankan rupee (LKR) -  Sri Lanka

South-East Asia (11)

• Brunei dollar (BND) - Brunei Darussalam
• Cambodian riel (KHR) - Missing image
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  Cambodia
  
   Cambodia
• Indonesian rupiah (IDR) -  Indonesia
• Lao kip (LAK) -  Laos
• Malaysian ringgit (MYR) -  Malaysia
• Myanmar kyat (MMK) -  Myanmar
• Philippine peso (PHP) -  Philippines
• Singapore dollar (SGD) -  Singapore
• Thai baht (THB) -  Thailand
• Timor Escudo (TPE) -  East Timor^{change in East Timor}
• Vietnamese dong (VND) -  Vietnam

Europe

Eurozone (1)

• Euro (EUR)
  • officially - Missing image
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    European Union
    
     European Union:  Austria,  Belgium, Missing image
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    Finland
    
     Finland,  France, Missing image
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    Germany
    
     Germany,  Greece,  Ireland, Missing image
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    Italy
    
     Italy,  Luxembourg,  Monaco,  Netherlands, Missing image
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    Portugal
    
     Portugal,  San Marino,  Spain, Missing image
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    Vatican City
    
    Vatican City
  • de facto -  Andorra^Euro, Missing image
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    Kosovo
    
     Kosovo,  Montenegro

Northwest Europe (9)

• British pound^Euro (GBP) -  United Kingdom
• Danish krone^Euro (DKK) -  Denmark
• Faroese króna (none, = Danish krone) -  Faroe Islands
• Guernsey pound^Pound (GGP) -  Guernsey
• Icelandic króna (ISK) -  Iceland
• Isle of Man pound^Pound (IMP) - Missing image
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  Isle of Man
  
   Isle of Man
• Jersey pound^Pound (JEP) -  Jersey
• Norwegian krone (NOK) -  Norway
• Swedish krona^Euro (SEK) -  Sweden

Central Europe (6)

• Czech koruna^Euro (CZK) -  Czech Republic
• Hungarian forint^Euro (HUF) -  Hungary
• Polish zloty^Euro (PLN) -  Poland
• Slovak koruna^Euro (SKK) -  Slovakia
• Slovenian tolar^Euro (SIT) -  Slovenia
• Swiss franc (CHF) -  Liechtenstein, Missing image
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  Switzerland
  
   Switzerland

East Europe incl. Baltic States (8)

• Belarusian ruble^{Russia and Belarus} (BYR) - Missing image
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  Belarus
  
   Belarus
• Estonian kroon^Euro (EEK) - Missing image
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  Estonia
  
   Estonia
• Latvian lat^Euro (LVL) - Missing image
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  Latvia
  
   Latvia
• Lithuanian litas^Euro (LTL) -  Lithuania
• Moldovan leu (MDL) - Missing image
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  Moldova
  
   Moldova
• Russian ruble^{Russia and Belarus} (RUB) -  Russia
• Ukrainian hryvnia (UAH) -  Ukraine
• (Transnistrian ruble)^recognition (none) - Missing image
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  Transnistria
  
  Transnistria

Balkans (7)

• Albanian lek (ALL) - Missing image
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  Albania
  
   Albania
• Bosnia and Herzegovina convertible mark (BAM) -  Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Bulgarian lev^Euro (BGN) -  Bulgaria
• Croatian kuna^Euro (HRK) -  Croatia
• Macedonian denar^Euro (MKD) - Missing image
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  Republic of Macedonia
  
   Macedonia
• Romanian leu^{change in Romania and Euro} (ROL) -  Romania
• Serbian dinar (CSD) -  Serbia

Mediterranean (4)

• Cypriot pound^Euro (CYP) -  Cyprus
• Gibraltar pound^Pound (GIP) -  Gibraltar
• Maltese lira^Euro (MTL) - Missing image
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  Malta
  
   Malta
• New Turkish lira^Euro (TRY) -  Turkey

Caucasus (3)

• Armenian dram (AMD) -  Armenia
• Azerbaijani manat (AZM) -  Azerbaijan
• Georgian lari (GEL) - Missing image
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  Georgia
  
   Georgia

Pacific

Oceania (12)

• CFP franc (XPF) - Missing image
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  French Polynesia
  
   French Polynesia, Missing image
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  Wallis and Futuna
  
   Wallis and Futuna,  New Caledonia
• United States dollar (USD) -  American Samoa,  Guam, Missing image
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  Marshall Islands
  
   Marshall Islands,  Federated States of Micronesia,  Northern Mariana Islands,  Palau
• Australian dollar (AUD) -  Australia, Missing image
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   Kiribati, Missing image
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   Nauru
• Fijian dollar (FJD) -  Fiji
• New Zealand dollar (NZD) -  Cook Islands,  New Zealand,  Niue, Missing image
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  Pitcairn Islands
  
   Pitcairn Islands, Missing image
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  Tokelau
  
   Tokelau
• Papua New Guinea kina (PGK) - Missing image
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   Papua New Guinea
• Samoan tala (WST) -  Samoa
• Solomon Islands dollar (SBD) -  Solomon Islands
• Tongan pa'anga (TOP) -  Tonga
• Tuvaluan dollar (none, = Australian dollar) - Missing image
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  Tuvalu
  
   Tuvalu
• Vanuatu vatu (VUV) -  Vanuatu

Non-Continental (3)

• Euro (EUR) - Missing image
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  French Southern Territories
  
   French Southern Territories
• British pound (GBP) - Missing image
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  South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
  
   South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
• United States dollar (USD) - Missing image
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  British Indian Ocean Territory
  
   British Indian Ocean Territory,  United States Minor Outlying Islands

Notes

Technical notes:
Note recognition: country not internationally recognized.

Near future:
Note change in Romania: will change to Romanian new leu (RON) on 1 July 2005.
Note Euro:
EU members: Denmark is eligible to join the Euro, but has an opt-out, as does the United Kingdom. Estonia, Lithuania, and Slovenia will be eligible to join the Euro on or after 29 June 2006. Cyprus, Latvia, and Malta will be eligible to join the Euro on or after 3 May 2007. The Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia, and Sweden are obliged to join the Euro, but not yet members of the European Exchange Rate Mechanism II; Sweden deliberately fails to meet this criterion for adopting the Euro without having an opt-out. Andorra is in negotiations to formally adapt the Euro as its legal tender.
Accession countries/candidates: Once Bulgaria and Romania have joined the EU, they are also obliged to join the Euro, which will most likely happen at the earliest date possible for Bulgaria, owing to their extremely tight monetary policy. Should Croatia and Turkey ultimately join, they too will probably join the Euro. The same holds true for Macedonia. Furthermore, Cape Verde has considered officially changing its currency to the Euro.
Note change in Cuba: changing from Cuban peso and United States dollar to Cuban convertible peso.
Note change in East Timor: introducing their own currency, United States doller is also used.

Remote future:
Note EAC: These countries want to introduce a common currency by 2009, among other political integration plans. Note Pound: Should the United Kingdom eventually join the Euro, it is not decided what will happen to the related pound currencies (Falkland Islands pound, Gibraltar pound, Guernsey pound, Isle of Man pound, Jersey pound, and Saint Helenian pound), which could remain in existence with a fixed exchange rate to the Euro (like the CFP franc), or which could be replaced by the Euro as well, possibly with their own national obverse side.
Note WAMZ: These countries are set to introduce the Eco on 1 December 2009, with the exception of Liberia, which will join later on. Eventually, the West African CFA franc and the WAMZ Eco are planned to be merged into a single West African currency.
Note change in El Salvador: supposedly no new Salvadoran colones are being produced and El Salvador will eventually become entirely dollarized.
Note Russia and Belarus: in the proposed Union of Russia and Belarus, the Belarusian ruble and the Russian ruble would be merged into a single currency.