The following alphabetical list of current and historical world currency names and countries
of their origin is useful to identify both banknotes and coins.
ADOPENGÖ: Hungary
AFGHANI: Afghanistan
ARIARY: Madagascar
AUKSINAS (AUKSINU, AUKSINAI): Lithuania
AUSTRAL (AUSTRALES): Argentina
BAHT: Thailand
BAISA: Oman
BALBOA: Panama
BIPKWELE: Equatorial Guinea
BIRR: Ethiopia
BOLIVAR (BOLIVARES): Venezuela
BOLIVIANO: Bolivia
CEDI (CEDIS): Ghana
CENTAVO: Cuba, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Philippines
CENT: United States of America, Sierra Leone, China, South Africa etc.
CENTAS (CENTU, CENTAI): Lithuania
CENTAVO: Many Central and South American countries, Cape Verde, Philippines etc.
CENTESIMO: Italy, Uruguay
CENTIME: Saar, France
CENTIMO: Costa Rica
CHIAO (JIAO): China
COLON (COLONES): Costa Rica, El Salvador
CORDOBA: Nicaragua
CRUZADO: Brazil
CRUZEIRO: Brazil
DALASI: Gambia
DENAR (DENARI): Macedonia
DINAR (DINARA): Algeria, Bahrain, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Croatia, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Libya, Serbia, Sudan, Tunisia, Yugoslavia
DIRHAM: Morocco, United Arab Emirates
DOBRA (DOBRAS): St. Thomas & Prince
DOLLAR: Antarctica, Australia, Bahamas, Belize, Bermuda, Brunei,Canada, Cayman Islands, Cook Islands, E.Caribbean States, Fiji, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, Liberia, Malaya & British Borneo, Namibia, New Zealand, Rhodesia, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Trinidad & Tobago, Tuvalu, USA, Virgin Islands, ZimbabweDONG: Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, South Vietnam
DRACHMA (DRACHMAI): Greece
DRAM: Armenia
DUCAT: Moldova
EKUELE: Equatorial Guinea
EMALANGENI: Swaziland
ESCUDO: Chile, Mozambique, Portugal
EURO: Selected European Union countries
FEN: China
FLORIN: Aruba, Netherlands
FORINT: Hungary
FRANC: Algeria, Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Djibouti, Equatorial African States, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, Guadeloupe, Guinea, Katanga, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Martinique, Monaco, Morocco, Niger, Rwanda, Saar, Senegal, Switzerland, Tahiti, Togo, Tunisia, West African States
GOURDE: Haiti
GUARANI: Paraguay
GUILDER: Netherlands, Netherlands Indies, Netherlands Antilles, Suriname
GULDEN: Netherlands, NetherlandsIndies, Netherlands Antilles, Suriname
HELLER: Austria
HRYVNIA (HRYVNI, HRYVEN, GRIVNA): Ukraine
INTI (INTIS): Peru
JEON: South Korea
JIAO (CHIAO): China
KAK: Cambodia/Kampuchea
KARBOVANETS (KARBOVANTSIV): Ukraine
KINA: Papua New Guinea
KIP: Laos
KOBO: Nigeria
KONVERTIBILNA MARKA (KONVERTIBILNIH MARAKA): Bosnia& Herzegovina
KONVERTIBILNA PFENIGA: Bosnia &Herzegovina
KORUNA (KORUN, KORUNY): Czechoslovakia, Czech Republic, Slovakia
KRONA (KRONOR): Sweden
KRONE (KRONEN): Austria, Bohemia, RomaniaKRONE (KRONER): Denmark, Norway
KRONUR (KRONA): Iceland
KROON (KROONI): Estonia
KUNA (KUNE): Croatia
KUPON: Ukraine
KUPONI: Georgia
KWACHA: Malawi, Zambia
KWANZA: Angola
KYAT: Burma/Myanmar
LARI: Georgia
LATS (LATI, LATU): Latvia
LEU (LEI): Moldova, Romania
LEK (LEKË): Albania
LEMPIRA: Honduras
LEONE: Sierra Leone
LEV (LEVA): Bulgaria
LIKUTA: Zaire
LILANGENI: Swaziland
LIRA (TÜRK LIRASI): Turkey
LIRA (LIROT): Israel
LIRA (LIRE): Italy
LIRA (LIRI): Malta
LITAS (LITAI, LITU): Lithuania
LIVRE: Lebanon
LOTI: Lesotho
MAKUTA: Zaire
MALOTI: Lesotho
MANAT: Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan
MARK: Bosnia & Herzegovina, Germany, Saar, Memel
MARKKA: Finland
METICAI (METICAIS): Mozambique
MILPENGÖ: Hungary
MIL (MILS): Cyprus
NAIRA: Nigeria
NAKFA: Eritrea
NEW PENCE: United Kingdom (military issues)
NEW SHEKEL (SHEQEL, SHEQALIM, SHEKALIM): Israel
NGULTRUM: Bhutan
NGWEE: Zambia
NOUVEAUX MAKUTA: Zaire
OUGUIYA: Mauritania
PA'ANGA: Tonga
PATACA: Macao
PENCE: Falkland Islands, St. Helena, United KingdomPENGÖ: Hungary
PESETA: Spain
PESO: Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Columbia, Cuba, Guatemala, Guinea-Bissau, Mexico, Philippines,Uruguay
PESO BOLIVIANO: Bolivia
PESO ORO: Colombia, Dominican Republic
PFENNIG: Germany
PIASTRE: Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam, Egypt, Sudan
PISO: Philippines
POUND: Biafra, Cyprus, Egypt, England, Falkland Islands, Guernsey, Isle of Man, Jersey, Lebanon, Libya, Nigeria, Palestine, Rhodesia, South Africa, St. Helena, South Africa, Syria, England, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Isle of Man, Jersey, Guernsey
PULA: Botswana
PUNT: Republic of Ireland
QUETZAL (QUETZALES): Guatemala
RAND: South Africa
REAL (REAIS): Brazil
REALES BOLIVIANOS: Argentina
REICHSMARK: Germany
RENTENMARK: Germany
RIAL: Iran, Oman, Yemen
RIEL: Cambodia (Kampuchea)
RINGGIT: Malaysia
RIYAL: Saudi Arabia, Qatar
RUBLE (ROUBLE, RUBLEI): Russia, Tajikistan, Tatarstan, Transnistria
RUBEL (RUBL'OU): Belarus
RUBLIS (RUBLI, RUBLU): Latvia
RUFIYAA: Maldives
RUPEE: Ceylon, India, Mauritius, Nepal, Pakistan, Seychelles, Sri Lanka, Zanzibar
RUPIAH: Indonesia
RUPIE (RUPIEN): German East Africa
SANTIMS: Latvia
SCELLINI: Somalia
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of their origin is useful to identify both banknotes and coins.
ADOPENGÖ: Hungary
AFGHANI: Afghanistan
ARIARY: Madagascar
AUKSINAS (AUKSINU, AUKSINAI): Lithuania
AUSTRAL (AUSTRALES): Argentina
BAHT: Thailand
BAISA: Oman
BALBOA: Panama
BIPKWELE: Equatorial Guinea
BIRR: Ethiopia
BOLIVAR (BOLIVARES): Venezuela
BOLIVIANO: Bolivia
CEDI (CEDIS): Ghana
CENTAVO: Cuba, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Philippines
CENT: United States of America, Sierra Leone, China, South Africa etc.
CENTAS (CENTU, CENTAI): Lithuania
CENTAVO: Many Central and South American countries, Cape Verde, Philippines etc.
CENTESIMO: Italy, Uruguay
CENTIME: Saar, France
CENTIMO: Costa Rica
CHIAO (JIAO): China
COLON (COLONES): Costa Rica, El Salvador
CORDOBA: Nicaragua
CRUZADO: Brazil
CRUZEIRO: Brazil
DALASI: Gambia
DENAR (DENARI): Macedonia
DINAR (DINARA): Algeria, Bahrain, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Croatia, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Libya, Serbia, Sudan, Tunisia, Yugoslavia
DIRHAM: Morocco, United Arab Emirates
DOBRA (DOBRAS): St. Thomas & Prince
DOLLAR: Antarctica, Australia, Bahamas, Belize, Bermuda, Brunei,Canada, Cayman Islands, Cook Islands, E.Caribbean States, Fiji, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, Liberia, Malaya & British Borneo, Namibia, New Zealand, Rhodesia, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Trinidad & Tobago, Tuvalu, USA, Virgin Islands, ZimbabweDONG: Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, South Vietnam
DRACHMA (DRACHMAI): Greece
DRAM: Armenia
DUCAT: Moldova
EKUELE: Equatorial Guinea
EMALANGENI: Swaziland
ESCUDO: Chile, Mozambique, Portugal
EURO: Selected European Union countries
FEN: China
FLORIN: Aruba, Netherlands
FORINT: Hungary
FRANC: Algeria, Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Djibouti, Equatorial African States, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, Guadeloupe, Guinea, Katanga, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Martinique, Monaco, Morocco, Niger, Rwanda, Saar, Senegal, Switzerland, Tahiti, Togo, Tunisia, West African States
GOURDE: Haiti
GUARANI: Paraguay
GUILDER: Netherlands, Netherlands Indies, Netherlands Antilles, Suriname
GULDEN: Netherlands, NetherlandsIndies, Netherlands Antilles, Suriname
HELLER: Austria
HRYVNIA (HRYVNI, HRYVEN, GRIVNA): Ukraine
INTI (INTIS): Peru
JEON: South Korea
JIAO (CHIAO): China
KAK: Cambodia/Kampuchea
KARBOVANETS (KARBOVANTSIV): Ukraine
KINA: Papua New Guinea
KIP: Laos
KOBO: Nigeria
KONVERTIBILNA MARKA (KONVERTIBILNIH MARAKA): Bosnia& Herzegovina
KONVERTIBILNA PFENIGA: Bosnia &Herzegovina
KORUNA (KORUN, KORUNY): Czechoslovakia, Czech Republic, Slovakia
KRONA (KRONOR): Sweden
KRONE (KRONEN): Austria, Bohemia, RomaniaKRONE (KRONER): Denmark, Norway
KRONUR (KRONA): Iceland
KROON (KROONI): Estonia
KUNA (KUNE): Croatia
KUPON: Ukraine
KUPONI: Georgia
KWACHA: Malawi, Zambia
KWANZA: Angola
KYAT: Burma/Myanmar
LARI: Georgia
LATS (LATI, LATU): Latvia
LEU (LEI): Moldova, Romania
LEK (LEKË): Albania
LEMPIRA: Honduras
LEONE: Sierra Leone
LEV (LEVA): Bulgaria
LIKUTA: Zaire
LILANGENI: Swaziland
LIRA (TÜRK LIRASI): Turkey
LIRA (LIROT): Israel
LIRA (LIRE): Italy
LIRA (LIRI): Malta
LITAS (LITAI, LITU): Lithuania
LIVRE: Lebanon
LOTI: Lesotho
MAKUTA: Zaire
MALOTI: Lesotho
MANAT: Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan
MARK: Bosnia & Herzegovina, Germany, Saar, Memel
MARKKA: Finland
METICAI (METICAIS): Mozambique
MILPENGÖ: Hungary
MIL (MILS): Cyprus
NAIRA: Nigeria
NAKFA: Eritrea
NEW PENCE: United Kingdom (military issues)
NEW SHEKEL (SHEQEL, SHEQALIM, SHEKALIM): Israel
NGULTRUM: Bhutan
NGWEE: Zambia
NOUVEAUX MAKUTA: Zaire
OUGUIYA: Mauritania
PA'ANGA: Tonga
PATACA: Macao
PENCE: Falkland Islands, St. Helena, United KingdomPENGÖ: Hungary
PESETA: Spain
PESO: Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Columbia, Cuba, Guatemala, Guinea-Bissau, Mexico, Philippines,Uruguay
PESO BOLIVIANO: Bolivia
PESO ORO: Colombia, Dominican Republic
PFENNIG: Germany
PIASTRE: Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam, Egypt, Sudan
PISO: Philippines
POUND: Biafra, Cyprus, Egypt, England, Falkland Islands, Guernsey, Isle of Man, Jersey, Lebanon, Libya, Nigeria, Palestine, Rhodesia, South Africa, St. Helena, South Africa, Syria, England, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Isle of Man, Jersey, Guernsey
PULA: Botswana
PUNT: Republic of Ireland
QUETZAL (QUETZALES): Guatemala
RAND: South Africa
REAL (REAIS): Brazil
REALES BOLIVIANOS: Argentina
REICHSMARK: Germany
RENTENMARK: Germany
RIAL: Iran, Oman, Yemen
RIEL: Cambodia (Kampuchea)
RINGGIT: Malaysia
RIYAL: Saudi Arabia, Qatar
RUBLE (ROUBLE, RUBLEI): Russia, Tajikistan, Tatarstan, Transnistria
RUBEL (RUBL'OU): Belarus
RUBLIS (RUBLI, RUBLU): Latvia
RUFIYAA: Maldives
RUPEE: Ceylon, India, Mauritius, Nepal, Pakistan, Seychelles, Sri Lanka, Zanzibar
RUPIAH: Indonesia
RUPIE (RUPIEN): German East Africa
SANTIMS: Latvia
SCELLINI: Somalia
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