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Fourteen African countries use the franc CFA (in west Africa, Communauté financière africaine; in equatorial Africa, Coopération financière en Afrique centrale), originally (1945) worth 1.7 French francs and then from 1948, 2 francs (from 1960: 0.02 new franc) but after January 1994 worth only 0.01 French franc. Therefore, from January 1999 ...
Usage of: West African CFA franc (XOF) Central African CFA franc (XAF) The CFA franc (French: franc CFA, [fʁɑ̃ seɛfɑ]) is the name of two currencies used by 210 million people (as of 2023) in fourteen African countries: the West African CFA franc (where "CFA" stands for Communauté Financière Africaine, i.e. "African Financial Community" in English), used in eight West African countries ...
The country codes are used to identify and categorise flow of cash between the CFA franc countries, as well as repatriating banknotes to their country of origin. [8] 50-franc notes were last issued in 1959, with 100 francs not issued since 1965. 10,000 franc notes were introduced in 1977, followed by 2,500 franc notes in 1992.
In 1948, coins were issued for use in all the colonies (not including French Cameroun) in denominations of 1 and 2 francs. This was the last issue of a 2 franc coin for nearly 50 years. In 1958, 5, 10, and 25 franc coins were added, which were also used in French Cameroun. These bore the name Cameroun in addition to États de l'Afrique ...
Colour key and notes Indicates that a given currency is pegged to another currency (details) Italics indicates a state or territory with a low level of international recognition State or territory Currency Symbol [D] or Abbrev. ISO code Fractional unit Number to basic Abkhazia Abkhazian apsar [E] аҧ (none) (none) (none) Russian ruble ₽ RUB Kopeck 100 Afghanistan Afghan afghani ؋ AFN ...
Country Algerian dinar: DZD DA (Latin) دج (Arabic) Algeria: Angolan kwanza: AOA Kz Angola: Botswana pula: BWP P Botswana: Burundian franc: BIF FBu Burundi: Cape Verdean escudo: CVE Cabo Verde: CFA franc There are two different currencies called the CFA franc: the West African CFA franc (XOF) and the Central African CFA franc (XAF). XAF FCFA ...
Countries that have made legal agreements with the EU to use the euro: Andorra, Monaco, San Marino, Vatican City Countries that unilaterally use the euro: Montenegro , Kosovo Currencies pegged to the euro: Cape Verdean escudo , CFA franc , CFP franc , Comorian franc , Bulgarian lev , Bosnia and Herzegovina convertible mark , São Tomé and ...
The Swiss franc, [c] or simply the franc, [d] is the currency and legal tender of Switzerland and Liechtenstein. It is also legal tender in the Italian exclave of Campione d'Italia which is surrounded by Swiss territory. [12] The Swiss National Bank (SNB) issues banknotes and the federal mint Swissmint issues coins.