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Previous Currency of each Country

For countries that got their independence a long time ago (USA) it's valid their actual Currency, because they still had the US Dollar since their Independence. For Country that got their independence not too many years ago and still have the same currency it's valid the currency while they was colonized.
The period doesn't count the change of system
The period may be not 100% accurate which is signed with *
Fixed some previous errors
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Country
Period
Previous Currency
Afghanistan
1891-1925
Afghan Rupee
Albania
1926-1939
Franga Ari
Algeria
1848-1964
Algerian Franc
Andorra
1868-2014
Peseta
Angola
1914-1928
and again
1958-1977
Portuguese Angola Escudo
Antigua and Barbuda
1935-1966
British West Indies dollar
Argentina
1985-1991
Austral
Armenia
1922-1993
Soviet Rouble
Australia
1910-1965
Australian Pound
Austria
1925-2001
Austrian Shilling
Azerbaijan
1924-1991
Soviet Rouble
Bahamas
?-1966
Bahamas Pound
Bahrain
1959-1966
Gulf Rupee
Bangladesh
1948-1971
Pakistan Rupee
Barbados
1935-1970
British West Indies Dollar
Belarus
1924-1992
Soviet Rouble
Belgium
1832-2002
Belgian Franc
Belize
1885-1973
British Honduras Dollar
Benin
1944-1958
French West Africa Franc
Bhutan
1790-1973
Bhutanese Rupee
Bolivia
1963-1986
Bolivian Peso
Bosnia and
Herzegovina
1992-1998
Bosnian Dinar
Botswana
1966-1976
Southafrican Rand
Brazil
1993-1994
Brazilian Cruzeiro Real
Brunei
1953-1967
Malaya and British Borneo dollar
Bulgaria
1881-2025
Bulgarian Lev
Burkina Faso
1944-1958
French West Africa Franc
Burundi
1960-1964
Ruanda-Urundi Franc
Cambodia
1953-1975
First Cambodian Riel
Cameroon
1942-1958
French Equatorial Africa Franc
Canada
1764-1857
British Pound
Cape Verde
1914-1974
Portuguese Cape Verde Escudo
Central African
Republic
1942-1958
French West Africa Franc
Chad
1942-1958
French West Africa Franc
Chile
1960-1975
Chilean Escudo
China
1946-1949
Old Taiwanese Dollar
Colombia
1810-1886
Colombian Real
Comoros
1947-1975
Comorian Franc
DR Congo
1967-1997
Zaire
Rep. Congo
1942-1958
French Equatorial Africa Franc
Costa Rica
1850-1896
Costarican Peso
Croatia
1993-2022
Kuna
Cuba
2004-2021
flanked with
Cuban Peso
Cuban Convertible Peso
Cyprus
1983-2007
Cypriot Pound
Czech Republic
1919-1938
and
1939-1993
Czechoslovakian Koruna
Denmark
1625-1873
Rigsdaler
Djibouti
1884-1976
French Somali Franc
Dominica
1935-1966
British West Indies dollar
Dominican Republic
1844-1947
First Dominican Peso
East Timor
1975-2002
Indonesian Rupiah
Ecuador
1884-2000
Ecuadorian Sucre
Egypt
?-1884*
Qirsh
El Salvador
1977-1919
Salvadoran Peso
Equatorial Guinea
1975-1985
Ekwele
Eritrea
1952-1997
Ethiopian Birr
Estonia
1992-2010
Kroon
Eswatini
1968-1974
Southafrican Rand
Ethiopia
1930-1931
Matonas
Fiji
1875-1968
Fijian Pound
Finland
1860-2002
Finnish Mark
France
1794-2002
French Franc
Gabon
1942-1958
French Equatorial Africa Franc
Gambia
1965-1971
Gambian Pound
Georgia
1991-1993
Russian Rouble
Germany
1990-2001
German Mark
Ghana
1958-1965
Ghanaian Pound
Greece
1833-2002
Greek Drachma
Grenada
1935-1966
British West Indies Dollar
Guatemala
1859-1925
Guatemala Peso
Guinea
1971-1985
Syli
Guinea Bissau
1975-1997
Guinea-Bissau Peso
Guyana
1831-1839
Guyanese Guilder
Haiti
1970-1972
Second Haitian Gourde
Honduras
1862-1931
Honduras Peso
Hungary
1927-1946
Pengő
Iceland
1873-1918
Danish Krone
India
1765-1947
British Raj Rupee
Indonesia
1602-1945
1944-1945
Dutch East Indies Gulden |
Dutch East Indies Rupee
Iran
1825-1932
Qiran
Iraq
1918-1932
Indian Rupee
Ireland
1927-2002
Irish Pound
Israel
1948-1980
Israel Pound
Italy
1861-2001
Italian Lira
Ivory Coast
1944-1958
French West Africa Franc
Jamaica
1869-1969
Jamaican Pound
Japan
1336-1871
Ryō
Jordan
1927-1948
Palestine Pound
Kazakhstan
1991-1993
Russian Rouble
Kenya
1920-1964
British East Africa Shilling
Kiribati
1966-1979
Australian Dollar
Kosovo
1980-2002
German Mark
Kuwait
1959-1961
Gulf Rupee
Kyrgyzstan
1936-1991
Soviet Rouble
Laos
1885-1952
French Indochina Piastres
Latvia
1993-2013
Lats
Lebanon
1919-1939
Syrian Pound
Lesotho
1965-1980
Southafrican Rand
Liberia
1907-1943
Brtish West Africa Pound
Country
Period
Previous Currency
Libya
1951-1971
Libyan Pound
Liechtenstein
1898-1921
Liechtenstein Krone
Lithuania
1993-2014
Litas
Luxembourg
1848-2002
Luxembourgish Franc
Madagascar
1925-2005
Madagascar Franc
Malawi
1964-1971
Malawian Pound
Malaysia
1953-1967
Malaya and British Borneo dollar
Maldives
1913-1947
Sri Lanka Rupee
Mali
1962-1984
Mali Franc
Malta
1972-2008
Maltese Lira
Marshall Islands
1919-1947
Japanese Yen
Mauritania
1958-1973
West Africa CFA Franc
Mauritius
1814-1877
1814-1877
1820-1877
Indian Rupee |
Britsih Pound |
Mauritius Dollar
Mexico
1822-
Mexican Peso
FS Micronesia
1919-1947
Japanese Yen
Moldova
1992-1993
Moldavian Cupon
Monaco
1837-2002
Monaco Franc
Mongolia
1921-1925
Mongolian Dollar
Montenegro
1945-2003
Yugoslavian Dinar
Morocco
1921-1959
Moroccan Franc
Mozambique
1914-1980
Mozambico Escudo
Myanmar
1949-1952
Pe
Namibia
1961-1990
Southafrican Rand
Nauru
1942-1945
Japanese Yen
Nepal
1600's-1932
Nepalese Mohar
Netherlands
1581-2002
Dutch Gulden
New Zealand
1840-1967
New Zealand Pound
Nicaragua
1878-1912
Nicaraguan Peso
Niger
1944-1958
French West Africa Franc
Nigeria
1958-1973
Nigerian Pound
North Korea
1910-1947
Korean Yen
North Macedonia
1945-1991
Yugoslavian Dinar
Norway
1648-1745
and
1816-1875
Speciedaler
Oman
1894-1970
Oman Riyal
Pakistan
1765-1947
British Raj Rupee
Palau
1919-1947
Japanese Yen
Panama
1819-1904
Colombian Peso
Papua New Guinea
1949-1966/
1966-1975
New Guinea Pound/
Australian Dollar
Paraguay
1870-1943
Paraguay Peso
Peru
1985-1989
Inti
Philippines
1903-1947
Philippines Peso
Poland
1917-1924
Polish Mark
Portugal
1910-2002
Portuguese Escudo
Qatar
1966-1973
Qatar and Dubai Riyal
Romania
1881-
Romanian Leu
Russia
1924-1991
Soviet Rouble
Rwanda
1952-1964
Ruanda-Urundi Franc
Saint Kitts and Nevis
1935-1966
British West Indies Dollar
Saint Lucia
1935-1966
British West Indies Dollar
Saint Vincent and the
Grenadines
1935-1966
British West Indies Dollar
Samoa
1933-1967
New Zealand Pound
San Marino
1865-2002
San Marino Lira
São Tomé and Príncipe
1914-1975
Portuguese São Tomé and Príncipe Escudo
Saudi Arabia
1916-1924
Hejaz Riyal
Senegal
1944-1958
French West Africa Franc
Serbia
1945-2003
Yugoslavian Dinar
Seychelles
1877-1939
Mauritius Rupee
Sierra Leone
1907-1966
British West Africa Pound
Singapore
1953-1967
Malaya and British Borneo dollar
Slovakia
1993-2008
Slovakian Koruna
Slovenia
1991-2006
Slovenian Tolar
Solomon Islands
1965-1978
Australian Dollar
Somalia
1950-1960
Somalo
South Africa
1825-1961
Southafrican Pound
South Korea
1910-1947
Korean Yen
South Sudan
2006-2011
Sudanese Pound
Spain
1869-2002
Peseta
Sri Lanka
1836-1871
Indian Rupee
Sudan
1993-2005
Sudanese Dinar
Suriname
1940-2003
Suriname Gulden
Sweden
1777-1873
Riksdaler
Switzerland
1798-1803
Helvetic Franc
Syria
1917-1919
Egyptian Pound
Taiwan
1946-1949
Old Taiwan Dollar
Tajikistan
1992-2000
Tajik Rouble
Tanzania
1921-1966
East Africa Shilling
Thailand
1862-
Thai Baht
Togo
1944-1958/
1907-1966
French West Africa Franc/
British West Africa Pound
Tonga
1921-1967
Tongan Pound
Trinidad and Tobago
1935-1964
British West Indies Dollar
Tunisia
1891-1959
Tunisian Franc
Turkey
1844-1922
Ottoman Lira
Turkmenistan
1991-1993
Russian Rouble
Tuvalu
1966-1976
Australian Dollar
Uganda
1921-1964
British East Africa Shilling
Ukraine
1992-1996
Ukrainian Karbovanec
United Arab Emirates
1966-1973
Qatar and Dubai Riyal
United Kingdom
1158-
British Pound
United States of America
1776-
US Dollar
Uruguay
1825-1835
Argentinian Peso
Uzbekistan
1925-1993
Soviet Rouble
Vanuatu
1905-1980
New Hebrides Franc
Vatican City
1929-2002
Vatican Lira
Venezuela
1874-1878
Venezolano
Vietnam
1948-1978 |
1953-1978
North Vietnam Dong/
South Vietnam Dong
Yemen
1969-1990/
1965-1990
North Yemen Riyal/
South Yemen Dinar
Zambia
1964-1967
Zambian Pound
Zimbabwe
1980-2023
Zimbabwe Dollar
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5 Comments
alejetpunk
+1
Level 36
Aug 6, 2025
I fixed some previous errors but there might be some others, let me know if you find some!
apprenticefossa
+2
Level 55
Feb 1, 2025
The Comorian and WA CFA Francs don't trigger for "franc" like the other francs do, likewise for the Malaysia/North Borneo dollar and "dollar"
alejetpunk
+2
Level 36
Feb 2, 2025
Ok I will fix that.

Thanks for telling me!

Deuteronomius
+1
Level 69
Feb 7, 2025
You could argue that Ruble should work for the Soviet Rouble, as it is basically the same word. Same with Taler for Daler/Rigsdaler, just an idea, as they are obviously the same word translated differently into English.

But it doesnt take away from the quiz either way, greatly enjoyed it.

alejetpunk
+1
Level 36
Feb 9, 2025
I will fix the type-ins for the soviet rouble.

Thanks for advising, I didn't noticed that!

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