European countries now share a common currency known as the euro.
With the economy failing, the shopkeepers would only accept payment in foreign currencies.
The value of the Mexican currency will probably increase with the election of a new government.
The currency of
New Zealand still carries pictures of the Queen.
My friend's dad used to be a truck driver in Europe, and he had currency from about 15 different countries, which he gave me when he heard that I was a coin collector.
The currencies of the U.S., Australia, Canada, and New Zealand are all
based on the dollar.
Thomas Jefferson once said that information is the currency of democracy.
For many years, beaver furs were a unit of currency in Canada.
For a time, it was the custom to use eggs as a form of currency in France.
Twelve nations celebrated the launch
of the new Euro currency on January 1, 2002.
In the dry country of Botswana, the name of the national currency, the pula, means "rain."
Liechtenstein does not have its own currency, but uses the Swiss franc.
The Thai currency is the baht.
Due largely to its diamond exports, Botswana had about $2 billion in foreign currency reserves in 1989.
In the south of Sudan, cattle are used as currency, as well as providing food, drink, clothing, and fuel.
As of the year 2000, the currency of the Democratic Republic of the Congo is almost totally worthless, so most transactions are conducted using American dollars.
Since the collapse of the Soviet Union, Tajikstan has become an independent republic, but it still uses the Russian currency, the ruble.
Solid blocks of tea were used as currency in Siberia until the 19th century.
Find someone who has currency from a different country.