The currency of France today is the euro. This is a currency used widely across Europe by member states of the European Union. This was established in 1992 and between 1998 and 2002 the old French currency, the Franc, was converted to Euros. There are … Read more
The currency of Israel is the new Israeli shekel, also simply known as the shekel. This is also used as legal tender in the Palestinian territories in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. A shekel is divided into 100 agorot. It has been in use … Read more
The currency of Georgia is the Georgian lari, one of which is divided into 100 tetri. This name is derived from an old Georgian word meaning hoard or property. These replaced Soviet roubles after the fall of the Soviet Union and have been in use … Read more
The currency of Denmark is the Danish krone. This is the nation’s official currency and the plural is kroner. Most Scandinavian nations use krone rather than the Euro even when they are in fact EU member states, like in Denmark’s case. One krone is subdivided … Read more
The currency of Albania is the Albanian Lek, for which the symbol is L. One Lek used to be divided into one hundred Qindarka. With that said, the Euro is also widely accepted in Albania and both currencies are used, though you’ll typically get a … Read more
The currency of England is the pound sterling. Every pound is subdivided into 100 pennies. This currency is really the currency of the United Kingdom, and not just of England, of which England is a member country. Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland use the same … Read more
The official currency of Hong Kong is the Hong Kong dollar. Though Hong Kong is called a special administrative region of China, it is in virtually all ways an autonomous, self-governing nation. Thus, it does not use Chinese currency as is often assumed. The Hong … Read more
The official currency of China is known as the Renminbi, of which the yuan is the basic unit. The yuan, though, is also used to refer to Chinese currency in general in international discourse. It is the world’s fifth most traded currency and is issued … Read more
The currency of Japan is the yen. This is the third most traded currency in the world after the US dollar and the euro and is widely used as a reserve currency. It was first introduced in1871 and replaced the Tokugawa coinage and hansatsu paper … Read more
The currency of Brazil is the Brazilian Real. This is the official currency of the nation and is divided into 100 centavos. Brazil’s Central Bank is the issuing authority of the Real and there have been a great many iterations of the Real since before … Read more