The chart lists the official names for selected currencies around the world. Colonial legacies have made certain names -- dollar, peso, franc, and pound -- widespread. The traveler should not assume equivalency in value, or transferability, among units sharing a name; that is, one cannot spend Central African francs in France or Turkish lira in Rome.
| Afghanistan | afghani | 100 puls |
| Algeria | dinar | 100 centimes |
| Argentina | austral | 100 centavos |
| Australia | dollar | 100 cents |
| Austria | schilling | 100 groschen |
| Bahamas | dollar | 100 cents |
| Bahrain | dinar | 1,000 fils |
| Barbados | dollar | 100 cents |
| Belgium | franc | 100 centimes |
| Belize | dollar | 100 cents |
| Benin | franc | 100 centimes |
| Bolivia | boliviano | 100 centavos |
| Brunei | dollar | 100 cents or sen |
| Bulgaria | lev | 100 stotinki |
| Cameroon | franc | 100 centimes |
| Canada | dollar | 100 cents |
| Cayman Islands | dollar | 100 cents |
| Central African Rep. | franc | 100 centimes |
| Chad | franc | 100 centimes |
| Chile | peso | 100 centavos |
| China | yuan | 10 fen |
| Columbia | peso | 100 centavos |
| Congo | franc | 100 centimes |
| Costa Rica | colon | 100 centimos |
| Cuba | peso | 100 centavos |
| Czechoslovakia | koruna | 100 halers |
| Denmark | krone | 100 ore |
| Djibouti | franc | 100 centimes |
| Dominican Rep. | peso | 100 centavos |
| Ecuador | sucre | 100 centavos |
| Egypt | pound | 100 piastres |
| El Salvador | colon | 100 centavos |
| Ethiopia | birr | 100 cents |
| Fiji | dollar | 100 cents |
| Finland | markka | 100 pennia |
| France | franc | 100 centimes |
| Gabon | franc | 100 centimes |
| Gambia | dalasi | 100 bututs |
| Germany | deutsche mark | 100 pfennige |
| Ghana | cedi | 100 pesewas |
| Greece | drachma | 100 lepta |
| Guatemala | quetzal | 100 centavos |
| Guinea | franc | 100 centimes |
| Guyana | dollar | 100 cents |
| Haiti | gourde | 100 centimes |
| Honduras | lempira | 100 centavos |
| Hong Kong | dollar | 100 cents |
| Hungary | forint | 100 filler |
| Iceland | Krona | 100 aurar |
| India | rupee | 100 paise |
| Indonesia | rupiah | 100 sen |
| Iraq | dinar | 1,000 fils |
| Ireland | pound | 100 pence |
| Israel | shekel | 100 agorot |
| Italy | lira | 100 centesimi |
| Ivory Coast | franc | 100 centimes |
| Jamaica | dollar | 100 cents |
| Japan | yen | |
| Jordan | dinar | 1,000 fils |
| Kenya | shilling | 100 cents |
| Kuwait | dinar | 1,000 fils |
| Lebanon | pound | 100 piastres |
| Luxembourg | franc | 100 centimes |
| Malawi | kwacha | 100 tambala |
| Malaysia | ringgit | 100 sen |
| Maldives | rufiyaa | 100 laari |
| Malta | lira or pound | 100 cents |
| Mauritania | ouguiya | 5 khoums |
| Mauritius | rupee | 100 cents |
| Mexico | peso | 100 centavos |
| Mongolia | tugrik | 100 mongo |
| Morocco | dirham | 100 centimes |
| Nepal | rupee | 100 paisa |
| Netherlands | guilder | 100 cents |
| New Zealand | dollar | 100 cents |
| Nicaragua | cordoba | 100 centavos |
| Niger | franc | 100 centimes |
| Norway | krone | 100 ore |
| Oman | riyal-omani | 1,000 baiza |
| Pakistan | rupee | 100 paisa |
| Papua New Guinea | kina | 100 toea |
| Paraguay | guarani | 100 centimos |
| Peru | inti | |
| Philippines | peso | 100 centavos |
| Poland | zloty | 100 groszy |
| Portugal | escudo | 100 centavos |
| Qatar | riyal | 100 dirhams |
| Romania | leu | 100 bani |
| Saudi Arabia | riyal | 100 dirhams |
| Senegal | franc | 100 centimes |
| Seychelles | rupee | 100 cents |
| Sierra Leone | leone | 100 cents |
| Singapore | dollar | 100 cents |
| Solomon Islands | dollar | 100 cents |
| Somalia | shilling | 100 cents |
| South Africa | rand | 100 cents |
| South Korea | won | 100 chon |
| Spain | peseta | 100 centimos |
| Sri Lanka | rupee | 100 cents |
| Sudan | pound | 100 piastres |
| Suriname | guilder | 100 cents |
| Sweden | krona | 100 ore |
| Switzerland | franc | 100 centimes |
| Syria | pound | 100 piastres |
| Taiwan | dollar | 100 cents |
| Tanzania | shilling | 100 cents |
| Thailand | baht | 100 satang |
| Togo | franc | 100 centimes |
| Trinidad & Tobago | dollar | 100 cents |
| Tunisia | dinar | 1,000 millimes |
| Turkey | lira | 100 kurus |
| Uganda | shilling | 100 cents |
| United Arab Emir. | dirham | 1,000 fils |
| United Kingdom | pound | 100 pence |
| United States | dollar | 100 cents |
| Uruguay | peso | 100 centesimos |
| Venezuela | bolivar | 100 centimos |
| Vietnam | dong | 100 xu |
| Western Samoa | tala | 100 sene |
| Yugoslavia | dinar | 100 paras |
| Zambia | kwacha | 100 ngwee |
| Zimbabwe | dollar | 100 cents |