Currency

Currency is a unit of money used for buying and selling goods and services, commonly backed by a country or a union of countries.

Some currencies are "pegged" or "fixed" to something, like another currency. These currencies have a constant value compared to what it is pegged to. For example, the Cape Verdian escudo is pegged to the Euro. This means that any changes in the value of the Euro equally affect the escudo.

Some currencies are pegged to a commodity, like gold or silver rather than to another currency. This was called the "gold standard" or "silver standard". Most countries stopped using silver and gold standards in the 20th century.

Some well-known currencies are:
 the United States dollar
 the Euro
 the British pound

Names of different currencies around the world
This list appears in alphabetical order:
 Afghani - Afghanistan
 Baht - Thailand
 Balboa - Panama (U.S. dollar used for paper money)
 Birr - Ethiopia
 Bolívar - Venezuela
 Boliviano - Bolivia
 Cedi - Ghana
 Colón - Costa Rica
 Cordoba - Nicaragua
 Crown - Czech Republic (koruna), Denmark (krone), Iceland (króna), Norway (krone), Sweden (krona). See also: British Crown (coin)
 Dalasi - The Gambia
 Dinar - Algeria, Bahrain, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Serbia, Tunisia 
 Denar - North Macedonia
 Dirham - Morocco, United Arab Emirates, Libya, Qatar, Jordan
 Dollar - Many countries, including the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong, Namibia and others
 Dong - Vietnam
 Drachma - (Greece—now uses euro)
 Dram - Armenia
 Escudo - Cape Verde, (Portugal—now uses euro)
 Euro 
 European Union (as an organisation; the euro is not legal tender in every EU country.)
 EU members: Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Cyprus, Estonia, Finland, France (except Pacific territories using CFP Franc), Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain. 
 Countries that have made legal agreements with the EU to use the euro: Andorra, Monaco, San Marino, Vatican City.
 Countries that unilaterally use the euro: Montenegro and Kosovo.
 Currencies pegged to the euro: Cape Verdian escudo, CFA franc, CFP Franc, Comoran francs, Bulgarian lev, Danish krone, the convertible marka of Bosnia and Herzegovina 
 Forint - Hungary
 Franc 
 Swiss franc - Switzerland, Liechtenstein.
 CFA franc - Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Côte d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Republic of the Congo, 
 CFP Franc - France's Pacific territories of New Caledonia, French Polynesia, Wallis and Futuna.
 Comoran francs - Comoros (pegged to the French franc, then the euro).
 Djiboutian franc - Djibouti (pegged to the US dollar since 1973).
 Formerly using Belgian-Luxembourgish franc - Belgium, Luxembourg.
 Formerly using French franc: Andorra, Monaco, France (including: French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Martinique and La Réunion, Saint Pierre and Miquelon and Mayotte). 
 Gourde - Haiti
 Guilder - Aruba, Netherlands Antilles (Netherlands—now uses euro)
 Kina - Papua New Guinea
 Koruna - Czech Republic (Slovakia now uses euro)
 Kroon - Estonia
 Krona - Iceland, Sweden
 Krone - Denmark, Faroe Islands, Greenland, Norway
 Kuna - Croatia (former, now uses euro)
 Kwacha - Zambia and Malawi
 Kwanza - Angola
 Kyat - Burma
 Lari - Georgia
 Lats - Latvia (former, now uses euro)
 Lek - Albania
 Lempira - Honduras
 Leone - Sierra Leone
 Leu - Romania, Moldova
 Lev - Bulgaria
 Lira - (Cyprus, Italy, San Marino, Vatican City—now use euro)
 Turkish lira - Turkey
 Litas - Lithuania (former, now uses euro)
 Manat
 Azerbaijani manat - Azerbaijan
 Turkmen manat - Turkmenistan
 Mark - (Germany—now uses euro)
 Marka - Bosnia and Herzegovina
 Markka - (Finland now uses euro)
 Nakfa - Eritrea
 Ngultrum - Bhutan
 Pataca - Macau
 Peseta - (Andorra, Spain—now use euro)
 Peso - Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, Dominican Republic (Dominican peso, Mexico, Philippines, Uruguay
 Pound - Egypt, Falkland Islands, Gibraltar, Guernsey, Jersey, United Kingdom (Ireland—now uses euro)
 Pula - Botswana
 Quetzal - Guatemala
 Rand - South Africa
 Real - Brazil
 Renminbi - People's Republic of China
 Rial - Iran
 Riel - Cambodia
 Ringgit - Malaysia
 Riyal - Saudi Arabia
 Rouble - Belarus, Russia
 Rufiyah - Maldives
 Rupee - Republic of India, Mauritius, Nepal, Pakistan, Seychelles, Sri Lanka
 Rupiah - Indonesia
 Schilling - (Austria—now uses euro)
 Shekel - Israel, Gaza Strip, West Bank
 Shilling - Kenya
 Sol - Peru
 Som - Kyrgyzstan
 Sucre - Ecuador (former, now uses US dollar)
 Taka - Bangladesh
 Tenge - Kazakhstan
 Tolar - Slovenia
 Toman - Iran
 Vietnam ~ Dong (DVN)
 Won - North Korea, South Korea
 Yen - Japan
 Yuan - People's Republic of China
 Zloty - Poland

 Related pages 
Foreign reserve