The WORLDS COUNTRIES, NON-COUNTRIES, etc.

Total
(418)
Independent
Countries
(199)
• Territories or
Unrecognized Countries (
136)
• Former Countries (83),
Currency Unions CU (8)
•• Local Currency
Issues
(
35)
 
 Currency Used

Own
Notes

O Other
Countries
CU Currency Union
CU 1w/ID,  CU2 No ID
 Currency Used

Own
Notes
O Other
Countries
CU Currency Union
CU 1w/ID, CU2 No ID
   
  A
 
AFGHANISTAN (89)
Albania (210)
Algeria (23)

CU2

Andorra (10) EUR
ANGOLA (46)

CU 1

Antigua & Barbuda (1) ECCA  A
 ARGENTINA (810)
ARMENIA (57)
AUSTRALIA (142)
AUSTRIA  (190)  
AZERBAIJAN (28)

O

Abkhazia (3) RUS

CU2

Akrotiri (0) EUR

O

American Samoa(0)$USD

CU 1

Anguilla (3)ECCU  U

CU 1

Antigua (3) ECCU  A
ARUBA (25)

CU2

Azores (17) EUR
  Alaska (13)
  Amelia Island (1)
  Austrian States (11)
•• Admiralty Is. (2) > PNG
••
AFRO (4)
••
Alberita Prosperity > CAN
•• Andres Tassara>SeeCHL
•• Aore Is.seeNewHebrides
B
BAHAMAS (47)  +CBDC
Bahrain (15)
BANGLADESH (18)
BARBADOS (43)
  Belarus (78)

CU 1

Belgium  (16) EUR  Z
BELIZE (20)

CU 1

Benin (W.African St.) BCEAO  B
BHUTAN (46)
BOLIVIA (272)
 BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA(69)
Botswana (25)
BRAZIL (148)
Brunei (3)
Bulgaria (73)

CU 1

Burkina Faso(W.Af. St.) BCEAO  C
Burundi (13)

Bermuda (20)


 
  Belgian Congo (5)
  Biafra (19)
  Bohemia&Moravia (19)

CU

Br.Caribb. Terr.  (18)
  Br.Guiana (15)
   
   
   
   
   





BR.HONDURAS (22)
BR.NORTH BORNEO (45)
Br.Solomon Is.(2) (see SOL)
Br.Virgin Is. (1)
BR.WEST AFRICA (CU)(24)
•• Bank Int'l Art Money(29)
•• B. Verdugo Local$ >> CHL
•• Basque, France Eusko (5)
•• Beziers (3) (coming)
•• Birland (coming)
C
 
Cambodia (21)

CU 1

CAMEROON (31) BEAC  U
CANADA (221)
Cape Verde(Cabo Verde) (13)

CU 1

CENTRAL AF. REP (8) BCEAO  M

CU 1

Chad (9) BCEAO  P
CHILE (105)
CHINA (71) +CBDC
COLOMBIA (154)
Comoros (10)
CU 1 Congo(Brazzaville) (13) BEAC  C, T

Congo(Kinshasa)  (3)
Costa Rica (12)

CU 1

Cote d'Ivoire (Iv Cst) (9) BCEAO  A

CU2

CROATIA (100) EUR
CUBA  (195)
CYPRUS  (43)
CZECHIA (44)
Cayman Is. (9)
Ceylon (Sri Lanka)(209)

O

Chechnya (4) RUS
Cook Is. (14)
Curacao (5) ƒ ANG

 

Central African States (CU) (8)
CEYLON See> Sri Lanka
Cocos(Keeling) (8)
Confederate St. America (2)
CZECHOSLOVAKIA (119)
 
 •• Chiemgauer Local$ >GFR
•• Credito Local$ > ARG
D
DENMARK  (58)
Djibouti (47)

CU 1

Dominica  (1) ECCB  D
Dominican Rep. (13)
Dahomey (2)
DANISH WEST INDIES (CU) (18)
Danzig (11)
Demerary & Essequebo  See> BRG
 
E
ECUADOR (79)
EGYPT (131)
El Salvador (19)  +BTC

CU 1

Equatorial Guinea (11)
Eritrea (8)
ESTONIA (49)
eSwatini(Swaziland)  (16)
ETHIOPIA (8)
  East Africa (CU) (12)
East Caribbean C.U. (90)
Equatorial African States (CU)(9)
EUROPEAN UNION (CU) (31)
•• Ekopia-Findhorn Eko £ > SCO
F
FIJI  (290)

CU 1

Finland (32) EUR  L

CU 1

FRANCE  (234) EUR  U
Falkland Islands (9)
FAROE ISLANDS (47)

CU 2

French Guiana (17) EUR
French Pacific Terr.(13)
Fanning Island (8)
Fiume  (8)
French Afars & Issas (6)
French Antilles (10)
French Cameroun (2)
Fr Equatorial Africa (CU)(12)
French India  (18)
French Indo-China  (30)
French Oceania (23)
French Somaliland ( )
French Sudan (2)
French West Africa (CU)(14)
•• Free DM Local$ See>GFR
 
G

CU 1

Gabon (3) BEAC  L, A
Gambia, The (15)
GEORGIA (46)

CU 1

GERMAN FED. REP. (114) EUR  X
GHANA (26)

CU 1

Greece (5) EUR  Y

CU 1

Grenada (6) ECCU  G
Guatemala (12)
GUINEA (41)

CU 1

Guinea-Bissau (16) WAS  S
Guyana (7)

O

Gilbert & Ellis Is. (11) $AUD
Gibraltar (22) £GIP

O

GREENLAND (79) kr DKK

CU 2

Guadeloupe (3) EUR
GUERNSEY (40) £GGP
German Cameroon -See Cameroon
German Dem. Rep.[E.Germany]  (32)
German East Africa. (13)
German New Guinea (10)
German SW Africa (4)
German States (8)
GERMANY (57)
•• GlobalCtyWorld Peace (5)
H
HAITI (695)

CU2

Holy See (Vatican City) (1) EUR
Honduras (3)
Hungary (121)

Hong Kong (75) $HKD
 
HAWAII (26)
Hejaz (8)
•• Havelbluten Local$ > GFR
•• Herm Is. (3)
•• Hutt River Province (5)
I
Iceland (3)
INDIA 622)
INDONESIA (88)
Iran (51)
IRAQ (96)

CU 1

IRELAND REP. (49) EUR  T
ISRAEL (121)

CU 1

ITALY (82) EUR  S
Ireland, N. (13) £ Sterling (In use but Not Legal anywhere!)
Isle of Man (13)
Isles France & Bourbon (10)
Italian East Africa (3)
ITALIAN SOMALILAND (20)
Italian States (15)
•• Indep.Soverign St of AUS (9)
J
Jamaica (38)
JAPAN (185)
JORDAN (28)
 
    O JERSEY (47) £JEP, £GBP

 

   
K
Kazakhstan (4)
Kenya (2)

O

Kiribati (5) $AUS
KOREA, NORTH (14)
KOREA, SOUTH (63)

CU2

Kosovo (10) EUR
KUWAIT (46)
KYRGYZSTAN (40)

O

Kurdistan (9) IQD dinar
Katanga (4)
Kiau Chao (2)
Kom-Ombo (3)
Korea (4)
•• Khakassia(RUS) (3)
•• Khalistan (4)
L
Laos (11)

CU2

Latvia (12) EUR
Lebanon (25)
Lesotho (5)

O

LIBERIA (32) $USD
LIBYA (74)

O

Liechtenstein (3) SWISS FRANC
Lithuania (15)

CU 1

LUXEMBOURG (30) EUR  (R)
  Lagos (3)
Leeward Is. (1)
•• Lega Nord > •• Padania
•• L.E.T.S.> Australia
M
Madagascar (39)
Malawi (9)
Malaysia (6)
MALDIVES (6)

CU 1

MALI (34) BCEAO  D

CU 1

Malta (12) EUR  F

O

Marshall Is. (1) $USD +CBDC
MAURITANIA (11)
MAURITIUS (61)
MEXICO (20)

O

Micronesia (0) $USD
Moldova (6)

CU2

Monaco (5) EUR
MONGOLIA (16)

 CU2

Montenegro (5) EUR
MOROCCO (16)
Mozambique (13)
MYANMAR (120)
Macau (95) MOP Pataca

CU2

Martinique (14) EUR

CU 1

Monserrat (2)$ XCD  M
Malaya (9)
Malaya & Br.N.Borneo (11)
Malvinas (2)
Memel (3)
Midway Islands (1)
Muscat & Oman See Oman
•• Madison Hours (WI) >USA
•• Magloire Fdn Local$> HTI
N
Namibia  (6)

O

Nauru(0) AUD$
NEPAL (30)

CU 1

Netherlands (17) EUR  P
NEW ZEALAND (11)
Nicaragua (13)
NIGERIA (33)

CU 1

Niger (W.Af.States) (19)  BCEAO  H
NORTH MACEDONIA (62)
NORWAY (167)

O

Nagorno-Karabakh (6) AMD Dram
      O Netherlands Antilles (5)  > ATL
      O Neth.East Indies (33) > NEI
Neth.New Guinea (18) > Rp IDR

CU 2

NEW CALEDONIA (70) > XPF Franc
Newfoundland (13) > CAD
  NEW HEBRIDES (52)
  Norfolk Island > AUS$ (0)
  Northern Cyprus > TUR (0)
  North Ireland13 )
   
O
Oman (63)
  Oceania (7)
  •• Oderblüte Local$ > GFR
•• Our Community$ >CAN
P
PAKISTAN (3)

O

Palau $USD (0)

O

Palestine (18) JOR, ISR

O

PANAMA (19) $USD
PAPUA NEW GUINEA (112)
PARAGUAY (181)
Peru (11)
 PHILIPPINES (795)
POLAND  (203)

CU 1

Portugal (48EUR  M
  Papal States (3)
  Pitcairn Islands NZ$ (0)
  Portuguese Guinea (5)
  PORT. INDIA (GOA) (60)
  Poyais (1)
  Puerto Rico (18)
Puntland (0)
  •• Padania (Lega Nord) > ITA
Q
Qatar (32)
  Qatar & Dubai (12)
   
R
ROMANIA (44)
   
Rwanda (12)
  Réunion (6)
  Rhodesia (7)
  Rhodesia & Nyasaland (4)
  Rwanda & Burundi (18)
  •• Rheingold Local$ > GFR
S


 

CU 1

St. Lucia (3) ECCU  L

CU 1

St.Vincent & Grenadines (5) ECCU  V
SAMOA(Western Samoa)(49)

CU 2

SAN MARINO (21) EUR
Sao Tome e Principe (7)
SAUDI ARABIA (45)

CU 1

Senegal (5) BCEAO  K
Serbia (22)
Seychelles (15)
Sierra Leone (12)
Singapore (9) +CBDS

CU 1

SLOVAKIA (48) EUR  E

CU 1

Slovenia (15) EUR  H
SOLOMON IS.(48)
SOMALIA (35)
South Africa (38)
South Sudan (21)

CU 1

SPAIN (13) EUR V
SRI LANKA (206)
SUDAN (131)
Suriname (38)
SWEDEN  (152) +CBDS
SWITZERLAND (356)
Syria (13)

 
  Sahrawi
  St. Helena (15)
  St. Kitts & Nevis (5)
  St. Pierre et Michelon (11)
  Sarawak (13)
  SCOTLAND (165)
  Siam  > THA
  Somaliland (12)
  South Ossetia (0) RUS
  South West Africa (7)
  Southern Nigeria (12)
  Southern Rhodesia (11)
  Straits Settlements (18)
  SVALBARD(Spitsbergen) (221)
Saar (16)
Schleswig-Holstein (23)
•• Salt Spring Is. (11)
T
TAIWAN (42)
Tajikistan (13)
Tanzania (5)
v THAILAND (51)

O

Timor-Leste (24) $USD

CU 1

Togo (W.African St.)  BCEAO  T
TONGA (46)
TRINIDAD& TOBAGO (56)
Tunisia (52)
TURKEY (72)
Turkmenistan (23)

O

Tuvalu (4) AUD$

 
  TAHITI (41)
  Tangier (3)
  Tannu Tuva (6)
  Tatarstan (2)
  Thrace-Interalliee (6)
  TIBET (22)
  Transdniestria (54)
  Turks & Caicos (5)
  Texas (9)
•• Tamworth Hours > CAN
•• Toronto Dollars > CAN
U
Uganda (9)
Ukraine (45)
United Arab Emirates (17)
UNITED KINGDOM (76) £
UNITED STATES AMERICA (151)
Uruguay (7)
Uzbekistan (9)
  United Nations (22)
  UpperSenegal & Niger (3)
   
V
VANUATU (13)
VENEZUELA (68)
VIETNAM (98)
  VIETNAM-SOUTH (95)
   
W    

CU

WEST AF. STATES (~169)
•• WALES (26)
•• Westerbork POW Camp  (4)
Y
Yemen Republic (11)
  Yemen Arab Republic (38)
  Yemen Dem. Rep. (13)
  YUGOSLAVIA (220)
   
Z
Zambia (16)
ZIMBABWE (100)
  Zaire (3)
  Zanzibar (39)
   
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COUNTRY / CURRENCY DEFINITIONS

Current Countries

A political entity with a permanent population, in a defined territory with a government that has the capacity to enter into relations with and is recognized as sovereign by other states.
Territories, Former or
Unrecognized Countries,
Currency Unions
A former country, territory, state, sub-country unit or non-recognized political entity that has previously or is currently issuing its own currency; a currency union; a pan-country organization servicing a number of states.

• • Local Currency

A non-country entity that issues or has issued legal tender currency for use in a local area or a currency that may have wider use but is not issued by a recognized country or territory.

• • • Fantasy Issues

A currency issuing entity that does not fall into one of the above categories; typically a Micronation with or without its own territory or an individual or entity issuing a  banknote type certificate for political reasons or other purposes.

(4) Central Bank
Digital Currency

A digital currency system established and operated by the countries Central Bank organization.

(5) Cryptocurrency
Legal Tender

So far only El Salvador has made Bitcoin (BTC) legal tender in parallel with the US Dollar (June 2021).


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