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Tanzania uses the shilling as its official currency, although you may well see and hear it referred to as the shilling while you are there. This is because shillingi is the Swahili name for the currency. What coins and notes

Most of us are familiar with a variety of world currencies. However we suspect you have never heard of the cordoba. This is the currency used in Nicaragua and it has been around in one form or another for quite

Namibia is one of the many countries in the world that uses some form of the dollar currency. In this case it is officially the Namibian dollar. As you might expect the currency is broken down into 100 cents to

The currency in use in Afghanistan is appropriately called the Afghani. If you were to visit the country today you would use the new Afghani currency. The old one was in use until 2003, with the new one coming into

If you ever go to Syria (unlikely, as you will soon find out) you will come across their version of the pound, otherwise known as the Syrian pound. This is represented by the ISO code SYP on the currency markets.

If your travels should ever see you arrive in Mozambique, you will start using the local currency there, which is the metical. This is referred to as meticais in plural. What coins and notes are available for this currency? Each

Travellers to the Gambia will use the local currency called the dalasi. No other country uses this currency today, and the dalasi is issued by the Central Bank of The Gambia. What coins and notes are available for this currency?

People who live in the UK may well be familiar with the Falklands and they may also know the islands use the pound. But this is the Falklands pound rather than the British pound, although there are similarities between the

Have you ever heard of Aruba? This is definitely not one of the better-known countries in the world, which is why you may not be aware that it uses the Aruban florin as its chosen currency. Find out more about