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Achaemenid daric payment unitCurrency history↗Afghan afghaniCurrency historyAFN Afghan rupee — Kabuli account unitCurrency history↗Albanian gold franc / frangCurrency history↗Albanian lekCurrency historyALL Algerian dinarCurrency historyDZD Algerian francCurrency history↗Amsterdam bank florin / bank guilderCurrency history↗Angolan angolarRoman solidus↗Angolan escudoRoman solidus↗Angolan kwanzaRoman solidusAOA Aragonese Jaca account moneyRoman solidus↗Argentine pesoSpanish real / pesoARS Argentine peso — 1881–1985 continuitySpanish real / peso↗Armenian dramRussian rubleAMD Aruban florinCurrency historyAWG Asante gold-account reckoningCurrency history↗Astur-Leonese and Castilian solidus–dinero accountingCurrency history↗Attic drachma accounting — Athenian, Alexandrine and Bactrian traditionsAttic drachma↗AustralSpanish real / peso↗Australian dollarSterlingAUD Australian poundSterling↗Austrian gulden — pre-1892 unitCurrency history↗Austrian krone — post-imperial currencyCurrency history↗Austrian schilling — 1925–1938 currencyCurrency history↗Austrian schilling — postwar currencyPrussian thaler↗Austro-Hungarian kroneCurrency history↗Azerbaijani manatRussian rubleAZN Bahamian dollarSterlingBSD Bahraini dinarIndian rupeeBHD Balinese cash / pisis accountingCurrency history↗Balinese masaka accountingCurrency history↗Bangladeshi takaIndian rupeeBDT Barbados dollarSpanish real / pesoBBD Barcelona diner–sou–lliura accountingRoman solidus↗Belarusian rubleRussian rubleBYN Belgian francCurrency history↗Bermudian dollarSterlingBMD Bernese–Helvetic old francCurrency history↗Bhutanese ngultrumIndian rupeeBTN Biafran poundSterling↗Bohemian and Moravian / Protectorate korunaCurrency history↗BolivianoCurrency history↗BolivianoCurrency historyBOB Bombay xeraphin accountingCurrency history↗Bosnia and Herzegovina dinarCurrency history↗Bosnian convertible markCurrency historyBAM Botswana pulaSterlingBWP Brazilian cruzado / cruzeiro — 1986–1994 continuityRoman solidus↗Brazilian cruzeiro — 1942 currencyRoman solidus↗Brazilian realRoman solidusBRL Brazilian real (réis)Roman solidus↗British Caribbean / East Caribbean dollarSpanish real / pesoXCD British Columbia decimal dollarSterling↗British Honduras / Belize dollarSpanish real / pesoBZD Brunei dollarSpanish real / pesoBND Buenos Aires peso moneda corrienteSpanish real / peso↗Buganda simbi / kiasa reckoningCurrency history↗Bulgarian levFrench franc↗Burundian francCurrency historyBIF Calcutta sicca rupeeCurrency history↗Cambodian bat–ligature legal accountingCurrency history↗Cambodian rielCurrency historyKHR Cambodian riel before abolitionSpanish real / peso↗Canadian dollarCurrency historyCAD Cape Verdean escudoRoman solidusCVE Castilian maravedí / real de vellón accountingCurrency history↗Cayman Islands dollarSterlingKYD Central Mexican quachtli reckoningCurrency history↗Ceylon / Sri Lankan rupeeIndian rupeeLKR CFA franc (BCEAO)French francXOF CFA franc (BEAC)French francXAF CFP francFrench francXPF Chilean escudoCurrency history↗Chilean pesoCurrency history↗Chilean pesoCurrency historyCLP Chinese customs gold unitCurrency history↗Chinese yuan — late Qing and ROC mainland continuitySpanish real / peso↗Cochin panam / fanam accountingCurrency history↗Colombian pesoSpanish real / pesoCOP Comorian francFrench francKMF Confederate dollarSpanish real / peso↗Congo state-regulated mitako reckoningCurrency history↗Congolese francCurrency historyCDF Congolese franc, pre-1967Currency history↗Córdoba oroSpanish real / pesoNIO Cordoban dinar-dirham accountingCurrency history↗Costa Rican colónCurrency historyCRC Costa Rican pesoCurrency history↗Croatian dinar — 1991–1994 transitional currencyCurrency history↗Croatian kuna — 1994 currencyCurrency history↗Cuban pesoSpanish real / pesoCUP Cuban peso oro español — local Spanish-gold accountingSpanish real / peso↗Curaçao / Antillean / Caribbean guilderCurrency historyXCG Cypriot poundSterling↗Czech koruna — 1993 currencyCurrency historyCZK Czechoslovak koruna — 1919–1939 currencyCurrency history↗Czechoslovak koruna — postwar currencyCurrency history↗Danish kroneCurrency historyDKK Danish rigsdalerCurrency history↗Danzig guldenPrussian thaler↗Deutsche MarkPrussian thaler↗Djiboutian francCurrency historyDJF Dominican pesoSpanish real / pesoDOP Dutch guilder (euro predecessor)Currency history↗Dutch lion-dollar trade account unitCurrency history↗East African coastal doti-merikani reckoningCurrency history↗East African shillingIndian rupee↗East German mark — 1948 currency and later namesPrussian thaler↗Eastern Swiss Reichswährung gulden (contract unit)Currency history↗Ecuadorian sucreSpanish real / peso↗Egyptian poundCurrency historyEGP Egyptian silver drachma accounting — Ptolemaic and Roman traditionsAttic drachma↗Ephesian Artemision gold account unitCurrency history↗Equatorial Guinean peseta / ekweleCurrency history↗Eritrean nakfaIndian rupeeERN Estonian interwar currency — mark and kroonPrussian thaler↗Estonian kroon — restored 1992 currencyRussian ruble↗Ethiopian birrIndian rupeeETB Euro — converging national replacementsConverging branchesEUR European Currency Unit (ECU)Currency history↗European unit of account (EUA)Currency history↗Falkland Islands poundSterlingFKP Federal Yugoslav / Serbian dinar — successor continuityCurrency historyRSD Fiji dollar, 1969 reformSterlingFJD Fiji poundSterling↗Finnish markka — 1860 to euro continuityRussian ruble↗Frankish denier–livre reckoningRoman solidus↗French franc — 1795 to euro conversionFrench franc↗French Somaliland CFA francFrench franc↗Galician solidus accountingCurrency history↗Gambia River trade barCurrency history↗Gambian dalasiSterlingGMD Gambian poundSterling↗Genoese lira — commercial and fuori-banco accountRoman solidus↗Genoese lira di bancoRoman solidus↗Genoese lira di permessoRoman solidus↗Georgian couponRussian ruble↗Georgian lariRussian rubleGEL German East African rupee–pesa accountingIndian rupee↗German mark — 1871–1948 continuityPrussian thaler↗Ghanaian cedisSterlingGHS Ghanaian poundSterling↗Govardhana / Nasik kahapana accountCurrency history↗Granadan dirham–dinar / pesante reckoningCurrency history↗Greek phoenixCurrency history↗Guatemalan pesoSpanish real / peso↗Guatemalan quetzalSpanish real / pesoGTQ Guinea-Bissau pesoRoman solidus↗Guinean francFrench francGNF Guinean franc, first unitFrench franc↗Guinean syliFrench franc↗Guyana dollarSpanish real / pesoGYD Haikwan customs taelCurrency history↗Haitian gourdeSpanish real / pesoHTG Halifax pound of accountCurrency history↗Hamburg mark bancoCurrency history↗Harbin dayang — regional silver-dollar accountingSpanish real / peso↗Hellenistic Sardian chrysous accountCurrency history↗Honduran lempiraSpanish real / pesoHNL Honduran real / pesoSpanish real / peso↗Hong Kong dollarSpanish real / pesoHKD Hungarian forintCurrency historyHUF Hungarian korona — post-imperial account unitCurrency history↗Hungarian pengőCurrency history↗Hyderabad Osmania / Hali sicca rupeeCurrency history↗Icelandic krónaCurrency historyISK Indian rupeeIndian rupeeINR Indochinese piastreSpanish real / peso↗Indonesian rupiahCurrency historyIDR IntiCurrency history↗Iranian rialCurrency historyIRR Iraqi dinarIndian rupeeIQD Irish pound — modern currencySterling↗Irish pound — pre-1826 account unitCurrency history↗Israeli new shekelCurrency historyILS Israeli poundCurrency history↗Italian liraCurrency history↗Jamaican dollarSterlingJMD Jamaican poundSterling↗Japanese monCurrency history↗Japanese ryōCurrency history↗Japanese silver monme / ginme accountingCurrency history↗Japanese yenCurrency historyJPY Jinan yuanSpanish real / peso↗Jordanian dinarCurrency historyJOD Katangese francCurrency history↗Kazakhstani tengeRussian rubleKZT Kenya and Uganda florinIndian rupee↗Kenyan shillingIndian rupeeKES Kongo nzimbu reckoningCurrency history↗Korean yen / won before the North–South currency separationCurrency history↗Kove tambu obligation reckoningCurrency history↗Kuwaiti dinarIndian rupeeKWD Kyrgyzstani somRussian rubleKGS Laguna kati–suwarna debt accountingCurrency history↗Lao kipCurrency historyLAK Late Ptolemaic and Augustan Egyptian bronze-drachma reckoningAttic drachma↗Latvian lats — interwar currencyCurrency history↗Latvian lats — restored 1993 currencyRussian ruble↗Latvian ruble — 1919-era currencyCurrency history↗Latvian ruble — temporary 1992 currencyRussian ruble↗Lebanese poundCurrency historyLBP Lesotho lotiSterlingLSL Liberian dollarSpanish real / pesoLRD Libyan dinarCurrency historyLYD Lithuanian litas — interwar currencyPrussian thaler↗Lithuanian litas — restored 1993 currencyRussian ruble↗Lithuanian talonas — temporary currency 1992–1993Russian ruble↗Livre parisisRoman solidus↗Livre tournoisRoman solidus↗Luxembourg francCurrency history↗Macao patacaSpanish real / pesoMOP Macedonian denar — national continuityCurrency historyMKD Madras pagoda–fanam accountingCurrency history↗Malagasy ariaryFrench francMGA Malagasy franc — earlier Madagascar–Comoros regional phaseFrench franc↗Malawi kwachaSterlingMWK Malawi poundSterling↗Malaysian dollar / ringgitSpanish real / pesoMYR Maldivian rufiyaaIndian rupeeMVR Malian francFrench franc↗Mallorcan account moneyRoman solidus↗Maltese pound / liraSterling↗Manchukuo yuanSpanish real / peso↗Mauritanian ouguiyaFrench francMRU Mauritian rupeeIndian rupeeMUR Mauritius colonial dollar accountingSpanish real / peso↗Mexican pesoSpanish real / pesoMXN Modern Greek drachma — 1833 to euro continuityCurrency history↗Moldovan cuponRussian ruble↗Moldovan leuRussian rubleMDL Mongolian tögrögCurrency historyMNT Moroccan dirhamCurrency historyMAD Moroccan francCurrency history↗Moroccan Hassani reckoningCurrency history↗Mozambican escudoRoman solidus↗Mozambican meticalRoman solidusMZN Mughal rupee–dam accountingCurrency history↗Myanmar kyatIndian rupeeMMK Namibia dollarSterlingNAD Navarrese denier–libra and real accountingRoman solidus↗Nepalese 16-ganda paisa rupeeCurrency history↗Nepalese rupeeCurrency historyNPR New Brunswick decimal dollarCurrency history↗New Brunswick pound of accountCurrency history↗New Jersey provincial pound of accountCurrency history↗New Zealand dollarSterlingNZD New Zealand poundSterling↗Newfoundland dollarCurrency history↗Nguyễn quan–tiền fiscal accountingCurrency history↗Nicaraguan córdoba — 1912 unit, including 1988 scaleSpanish real / peso↗Nicaraguan pesoSpanish real / peso↗Nigerian nairaSterlingNGN Nigerian poundSterling↗North Korean wonCurrency historyKPW Northeast Chinese yuan accountingCurrency history↗Northern Ethiopian amole reckoningCurrency history↗Norwegian kroneCurrency historyNOK Norwegian speciedalerCurrency history↗Nova Scotia decimal dollarCurrency history↗Odisha / Orissa cowrie accountingCurrency history↗Old Assyrian silver reckoning at KaneshCurrency history↗Old Babylonian silver shekel reckoningCurrency history↗Old Javanese masa–suwarna accountingCurrency history↗Old Piedmont lira —20-soldi account unitCurrency history↗Omani rial — Saidi and Omani naming stagesIndian rupeeOMR Ottoman Levantine sultani gold accountCurrency history↗Pakistani rupeeIndian rupeePKR Palestine poundCurrency history↗Panamanian balboaSpanish real / pesoPAB Papua New Guinean kinaSterlingPGK Paraguayan guaraníCurrency historyPYG Paraguayan peso fuerteCurrency history↗Patna Sanwat / Azeemabadee rupee accountCurrency history↗Pennsylvania pound of accountCurrency history↗Persian toman–dinar accounting — Ilkhanid and later traditionsCurrency history↗Peruvian libra — principal account unitCurrency history↗Peruvian solCurrency historyPEN Peruvian sol — nineteenth-century account unitCurrency history↗Peso bolivianoCurrency history↗Philippine peso, twentieth-century reform lineageCurrency historyPHP Polish markCurrency history↗Polish złotyCurrency historyPLN Portuguese dinheiro–soldo–libra accountingRoman solidus↗Portuguese escudoRoman solidus↗Portuguese realRoman solidus↗Post-imperial crown circulating in the South Slav kingdomCurrency history↗Postwar Yugoslav dinar — before successor separationsCurrency history↗Pound ScotsSterling↗Pound sterlingSterlingGBP Pratihara / Siyadoni dramma accountingAttic drachma↗Prince Edward Island decimal dollarCurrency history↗Prince Edward Island pound of accountCurrency history↗Prussian thaler — nineteenth-century unitPrussian thaler↗Qatar and Dubai riyalIndian rupee↗Qatari riyalIndian rupeeQAR Qin cash (qian) fiscal accountingCurrency history↗Ramesside copper-deben value reckoningCurrency history↗RenminbiSpanish real / pesoCNY Riau Islands rupiahSpanish real / peso↗Rob gold-dinar legal accountingCurrency history↗Roman as–denarius–sestertius accountingCurrency history↗Roman solidus–nomisma accounting — imperial and regional evidenceRoman solidus↗Romanian leuCurrency historyRON Royal / Vientiane kipSpanish real / peso↗Russian ruble — Muscovite, Imperial, Soviet and Russian account continuityRussian rubleRUB Rwanda–Burundi francCurrency history↗Rwandan francCurrency historyRWF Saint Helena poundSterlingSHP Salvadoran colónSpanish real / pesoSVC Samoan tālāCurrency historyWST São Tomé dobraRoman solidusSTN São Tomé escudoRoman solidus↗Sasanian and early Islamic eastern drahm–dirham reckoningAttic drachma↗Saudi riyalCurrency historySAR Serbian and Kingdom Yugoslav dinar — account continuityCurrency history↗Serbian dinar — occupation-era currencyCurrency history↗Serbian groš accounting — tax and market conventionsCurrency history↗Seychellois rupeeIndian rupeeSCR Shanghai taelCurrency history↗Sierra Leonean leoneSterlingSLE Singapore dollarSpanish real / pesoSGD Slovak koruna — 1939–1945 currencyCurrency history↗Slovak koruna — 1993 currencyCurrency history↗Slovenian tolarCurrency history↗Sol de oroCurrency history↗Solomon Islands dollarSterlingSBD Somali shillingCurrency historySOS South African poundSterling↗South African rand — origin and Namibia contextSterlingZAR South Arabian / South Yemeni dinarIndian rupee↗South German florin — nineteenth-century unitCurrency history↗South Korean hwanCurrency history↗South Korean wonCurrency historyKRW South Sudanese poundCurrency historySSP South Vietnamese đồngSpanish real / peso↗Southern New England wampum reckoningCurrency history↗Southern Rhodesian / Central African pound — including federal currencySterling↗Spanish escudo —1864 account unitCurrency history↗Spanish pesetaCurrency history↗Spanish real / peso de a ochoSpanish real / peso↗Straits / Malayan / Malaya–British Borneo dollarSpanish real / peso↗Sudanese dinarCurrency history↗Sudanese poundCurrency historySDG Sudanese pound before the dinarCurrency history↗Surinamese dollarCurrency historySRD Surinamese guilderCurrency history↗Swazi lilangeniSterlingSZL Swedish kronaCurrency historySEK Swedish riksdaler specieCurrency history↗Swiss francCurrency historyCHF Syrian poundCurrency historySYP Taiwan dollarCurrency historyTWD Tajikistani rubleRussian ruble↗Tajikistani somoniRussian rubleTJS Tang cash / guan accountingCurrency history↗Tanzanian shillingIndian rupeeTZS Thai bahtCurrency historyTHB Tibetan tangka accountingCurrency history↗Tlaxcala cacao account unitCurrency history↗Tolai tambu reckoningCurrency history↗Tongan paʻangaSterlingTOP Tongan poundSterling↗Travancore Sirkar rupeeCurrency history↗Trinidad and Tobago dollarSpanish real / pesoTTD Tripolitanian Military Authority liraCurrency history↗Tunisian dinarCurrency historyTND Tunisian francCurrency history↗Tunisian piastre / riyal reckoningCurrency history↗Turkish liraCurrency historyTRY Turkmen manatRussian rubleTMT UAE dirhamIndian rupeeAED Ugandan shillingIndian rupeeUGX Ujiji / Kawélé sofi reckoningCurrency history↗Ukrainian hryvniaRussian rubleUAH Ukrainian karbovanetsRussian ruble↗United States dollarSpanish real / pesoUSD Upper Burmese kyat debt reckoningCurrency history↗Ur III Girsu barley-gur reckoningCurrency history↗Ur III Umma silver-shekel reckoningCurrency history↗Uruguayan pesoSpanish real / pesoUYU Uzbekistani sumRussian rubleUZS Uzbekistani sum-couponRussian ruble↗Valencian account moneyRoman solidus↗Vancouver Island decimal dollarSterling↗Vanuatu vatu / New Hebrides francFrench francVUV Venetian banco ducat — Banco del Giro accountsCurrency history↗VenezolanoCurrency history↗Venezuelan bolívarCurrency historyVES Vietnamese đồngCurrency historyVND Virginia pound of accountCurrency history↗Visigothic solidus accountingRoman solidus↗West African Currency Board poundSterling↗Yemeni rialCurrency historyYER Zaire — 1967 and 1993 unit scalesCurrency history↗Zambian kwachaSterlingZMW Zambian poundSterling↗Zimbabwe dollar — restored 2019 currencySpanish real / peso↗Zimbabwe Gold (ZiG), 2024 introductionSpanish real / pesoZWG Zurich gulden account unitCurrency history↗