Currencies of the World

A directory of 255 currencies — active, ancient, and demonetized. Each entry covers the issuing authority, jurisdiction, denominations, monetary policy framework, and historical context.

Active

156

Present-day currencies in legal circulation

Ancient & Historical

Currencies from ancient and pre-modern periods

Demonetized

Currencies officially withdrawn or replaced

All currencies

ADFAndorran FrancFr AEDUnited Arab Emirates Dirhamد.إ AFNAfghan Afghani؋ALLAlbanian LekL AMDArmenian Dram֏ANGNetherlands Antillean Guilderƒ ANTAntigonid Coin (Antigonid Macedonia Coinage)AOAAngolan KwanzaKz ARBAramaic Coin (Aramaic States Coinage)ARSArgentine Peso$ASSAs Romanus (Roman Copper Coin)AUDAustralian Dollar$AUJAureus Justinianus (Late Byzantine Gold Coin)AURAureus Romanus (Roman Gold Coin)AWGAruban Florinƒ AXUAxum Coin (Aksumite Empire Coinage)AZMAzerbaijani Manat₼AZNAzerbaijani Manat₼BAMBosnia and Herzegovina Convertible MarkKM BANBan Chinese (Ancient Chinese Knife Money)BBDBarbadian DollarBds$BDTBangladeshi Taka৳BEFBelgian FrancFr BEIBei Chinese (Ancient Chinese Shell Money)BGNBulgarian Levлв BHDBahraini Dinar.د.ب BIFBurundian FrancFr BMDBermudian Dollar$BNDBrunei Dollar$BOBBolivian BolivianoBs,BRIBritannic Coin (Ancient British Tribal Coinage)BRLBrazilian RealR$BSDBahamian Dollar$BTNBhutanese NgultrumNu.BWPBotswana PulaP BYBByblian Coin (Phoenician Byblos Coinage)BYNBelarusian RubleBr BYRBelarusian RubleBr BZDBelize Dollar$BZNBezantus Byzantinus (Byzantine Coin in Western Medieval Commerce)CADCanadian Dollar$CDFCongolese FrancFr CHAChahar Coin (Characene Kingdom Coinage)CHFSwiss FrancFr CHRChalkous Graecus (Ancient Greek Copper Coin)CLFChilean Unit of AccountUF CLPChilean Peso$CNYChinese Yuan¥COPColombian Peso$CORCorinth Coin (Corinthian City-State Coinage)CRCCosta Rican Colón₡CUPCuban Peso$CVECape Verdean Escudo$CZKCzech KorunaKč DACDacian Coin (Dacian Kingdom Coinage)DEMDeutsche MarkDM DENDenarius Romanus (Roman Silver Coin)DINDinar Ommayyad (Islamic Golden Age Gold Coin)DIRDirham Abbasid (Islamic Medieval Silver Coin)DJFDjiboutian FrancFr DKKDanish Kronekr DOPDominican Peso$DRADrachma Attike (Ancient Greek Silver Coin)DUKDukatus Venetianus (Venetian Ducat)DZDAlgerian Dinarد.ج ECSEcuadorian SucreS/.EEKEstonian Kroonkr EGPEgyptian Pound£EMEEmesene Coin (Emesa Kingdom Coinage)ERNEritrean NakfaNfk ESPSpanish Peseta₧ETBEthiopian BirrBr ETREtruscan Coin (Etruscan Civilization Coinage)EUREuro€FIMFinnish Markkamk FJDFijian Dollar$FKPFalkland Islands Pound£FLRFlorinus Florentine (Florentine Florin)FLSFils Islamic (Islamic Small Bronze Denomination)FRFFrench Franc₣GADGadara Coin (Decapolis City Coinage)GALGallic Coin (Celtic/Gallic Tribal Coinage)GBPBritish Pound Sterling£GELGeorgian Lari₾GGPGuernsey Pound£GHCGhanaian Cedi₵GHSGhanaian Cedi₵GIPGibraltar Pound£GLDGulden Medieval (Central European Medieval Gold Coin)GMDGambian DalasiD GNFGuinean FrancFr GRDGreek Drachma₯GTQGuatemalan QuetzalQ GYDGuyanese Dollar$HANHan Chinese (Han Dynasty Coinage System)HKDHong Kong Dollar$HNLHonduran LempiraL HRKCroatian Kunakn HTGHaitian GourdeG HUFHungarian ForintFt HUIHui Chinese (Ancient Chinese Round Coin Money)HUNHunni Coin (Hunnish/Steppe Coinage)IBEIberian Coin (Iberian Peninsula Pre-Roman Coinage)IDRIndonesian RupiahRp IEPIrish Pound£ILSIsraeli New Sheqel₪INRIndian Rupee₹IQDIraqi Dinarع.د IRRIranian Rial﷼ISKIcelandic Krónakr ITLItalian Lira₤JANJanissary Ottoman (Ottoman Empire Early Coinage)JMDJamaican Dollar$JODJordanian Dinarد.ا JPYJapanese Yen¥KESKenyan ShillingSh KGSKyrgyzstani Somлв KHRCambodian Riel៛KMFComorian FrancFr KPWNorth Korean Won₩KRNKrona Scandinavicus (Scandinavian Medieval Coin)KRWSouth Korean Won₩KUSKushana Dinar (Kushan Empire Gold Coin)KWDKuwaiti Dinarد.ك KYDCaymans Islands Dollar$KZTKazakhstani Tenge₸LAKLaotian Kip₭LBPLebanese Poundل.ل LEPLepton Biblicus (Ancient Jewish Small Coin)LKRSri Lankan RupeeRs LRDLiberian Dollar$LSLLesotho LotiL LTLLithuanian LitasLt LUFLuxembourg FrancFr LVLLatvian LatsLs LYDLibyan Dinarل.د MADMoroccan Dirhamد.م.MARMaratha Coin (Maratha Empire Coinage)MDLMoldovan LeuL MERMeroe Coin (Meroitic Kingdom Coinage)MGAMalagasy AriaryAr MINMina Graeca (Ancient Greek Silver Unit)MKDMacedonian Denarден MMKMyanmar KyatK MNTMongolian Tugrik₮MOPMacanese PatacaP MRKMark Hanseatic (Medieval Hanseatic Trade Currency)MRUMauritanian OuguiyaUM MURMauritian Rupee₨MVRMaldivian Rufiyaaރ.MWKMalawian KwachaMK MXNMexican Peso$MYNMynz Arabic (Early Islamic Coinage Evolution)MYRMalaysian RinggitRM MYRMyriapodion (Large Hellenistic Gold Coin)MZMMozambican MeticalMt MZNMozambican MeticalMT NABNabataean Coin (Nabataean Kingdom Coinage)NADNamibian Dollar$NGNNigerian Naira₦NIONicaraguan CórdobaC$NLGDutch Guilderƒ NOKNorwegian Kronekr NOMNomisma Byzantinum (Byzantine Accounting Unit and Monetary Standard)NPRNepalese RupeeRs NZDNew Zealand Dollar$OBLObol Graecus (Ancient Greek Small Silver Coin)OBOObolos Makedone (Macedonian Small Silver Coin)OMROmani Rialر.ع.PABPanamanian BalboaB/.PALPalmyran Coin (Palmyra Trade City Coinage)PARParthian Drachma (Parthian Empire Silver Coin)PENPenny Englishus (English Medieval Coin)PENPeruvian SolS/PHPPhilippine Peso₱PKRPakistani RupeeRs PLNPolish Zlotyzł PRTParthian Aureus (Parthian Gold Coinage)PSTPustaka Dharma (Ancient Indian Accounting Unit)PTEPortuguese Escudo$PTOPtolemaeus Coin (Ptolemaic Egypt Gold Coinage)QARQatari Riyalر.ق QINQin Chinese (Qin Dynasty Standardized Coinage)REFReflectarius Romanus (Roman Moneyer System)RELReal Hispanicus (Spanish Silver Coin)RHORhodian Coin (Rhodes City-State Coinage)RILRial Persicus (Persian Medieval Silver Coin)ROLRomanian LeuLei RONRomanian Leulei RSDSerbian Dinarдин RUBRussian Ruble₽RWFRwandan FrancFr SAKSakastan Coin (Scythian/Central Asian Coinage)SARSaudi Riyalر.س SASSassanid Drachma (Sassanid Persian Silver Coin)SATSatrapia Persica (Persian Satrap Coinage System)SBDSolomon Islands Dollar$SCRSeychellois Rupee₨SDGSudanese Pound£SEKSwedish Kronakr SELSeleucid Coin (Seleucid Empire Coinage)SESSestertius Romanus (Roman Bronze Coin)SGDSingapore Dollar$SHLShekel Biblicus (Ancient Hebrew Monetary Unit)SHPSaint Helena Pound£SIDSidon Coin (Phoenician Sidon Coinage)SITSlovenian TolarT SKKSlovak KorunaSk SLBSolidus Byzantinus (Byzantine Gold Coin)SLLSierra Leonean LeoneLe SOSSomali ShillingSh SOUSong Chinese (Song Dynasty Coinage and Paper Money)SOUSou Francais (French Medieval Coin)SRDSurinamese Dollar$SSPSouth Sudanese Pound£STLStater Lydicus (Lydian Coin)STNSão Tomé and Príncipe DobraDb STRStater Makedone (Macedonian Gold Coin)SVCSalvadoran Colón₡SYPSyrian Pound£SZLEswatini LilangeniE TALTalent Graecus (Ancient Greek Accounting Unit)TAOTang Chinese (Tang Dynasty Gold and Silver Coinage)TAOTao Chinese (Ancient Chinese Spade Money)TEMTemo Buddhicus (Ancient Buddhist Monastery Coinage)TEYTyre Coin (Phoenician City Coinage)THBThai Baht฿THRThaler Bohemicus (Bohemian/Germanic Silver Coin)TJSTajikistani SomoniЅМ TMTTurkmenistani Manatm TNDTunisian Dinarد.ت TOPTongan PaʻangaT$TRLTurkish Lira₤TRYTurkish Lira₺TTDTrinidad and Tobago DollarTT$TWDNew Taiwan DollarNT$TZSTanzanian ShillingTSh UAHUkrainian Hryvnia₴UGXUgandan ShillingUSh USDUnited States Dollar$UYUUruguayan Peso$UZSUzbekistani Somso'm VEFVenezuelan Bolívares FuerteBs.F.VESVenezuelan BolívarBs.VNDVietnamese Dong₫VUVVanuatu VatuVT WSTSamoan TalaT XAFCentral African CFA FrancFr XCDEast Caribbean Dollar$XOFWest African CFA FrancFr XPFCFP FrancFr YERYemeni Rial﷼ZARSouth African RandR ZMWZambian KwachaZK ZWLZimbabwean DollarZ$