User:Nightstallion/currencies

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This list contains the 151 or 152 legal or de-facto currencies of the 192 UN member states (one of which — Flag of Serbia Serbia — is to be split up into Flag of Serbia Serbia and Flag of Kosovo Kosovo), the Flag of the Vatican City Vatican City, Flag of the Republic of China Taiwan, Palestinian flag Palestinian Authority,  Western Sahara, and 47 dependencies (in italics, cf. this list). After all the likely changes have been made, the number will be reduced by 39 or 40 and Flag of Ecuador Ecuador and Flag of East Timor Timor-Leste may have adopted their own currencies (again), making the probable total 113.

Contents

[edit] Africa

Note: All African countries except Flag of Morocco Morocco, but including  Western Sahara, are members of the Flag of the African Union African Economic Community.

[edit] Central and East Africa (13–4)

[edit] South Africa (16)

[edit] West Africa (8–5)

[edit] America

[edit] Caribbean (16)

[edit] Central and North America (10)

[edit] South America (14)

[edit] Arab States

[edit] Gulf (13–5)

[edit] North Africa (6)

[edit] Asia

[edit] Central Asia (8)

[edit] East Asia (7)

[edit] South Asia (8)

[edit] Europe

[edit] European Union (15–11)

[edit] EFTA (3)

[edit] East Europe (2)

[edit] Balkans (6–2)

[edit] Caucasus and Islands (6–1)

[edit] Pacific

[edit] Oceania (10)

[edit] South-East Asia (11)

[edit] Antarctica

[edit] Non-Continental (3)

[edit] Notes

Technical notes:
^  country not internationally recognized.

Changes:
^  Should the United Kingdom eventually join the Euro, it is not decided what will happen to the related pound currencies (Falkland Islands pound, Gibraltar pound, Guernsey pound, Isle of Man pound, Jersey pound, and Saint Helenian pound), which could remain in existence with a fixed exchange rate to the Euro (like the CFP franc), or which could be replaced by the Euro as well, possibly with their own national obverse side.
Unification:
^ 
EU members: Denmark is eligible to join the euro at any time they wish, but has an opt-out, as does the United Kingdom. Estonia, Lithuania, and Slovenia will be eligible to join the euro on or after 28 June 2006. Cyprus, Latvia, and Malta will be eligible to join the euro on or after 30 April 2007. Slovakia will be eligible to join the euro on or after 26 November 2007. Czechia, Hungary, Poland, and Sweden are obliged to join the euro, but not yet members of the European Exchange Rate Mechanism II; Sweden deliberately fails to meet this criterion for adopting the euro without having an opt-out. Andorra is in negotiations to formally adopt the euro as its legal tender.
Accession countries/candidates: Once Bulgaria and Romania have joined the EU, they are also obliged to join the euro, which will most likely happen at the earliest date possible for Bulgaria, owing to their extremely tight monetary policy. Should Croatia, Macedonia and Turkey ultimately join, they too will probably join the euro. Furthermore, Cape Verde has considered changing its currency to the euro; however, it is not quite clear whether the country will integrate with ECOWAS or with EU. French Polynesia, New Caledonia and Wallis and Futuna are currently discussing the idea of abolishing the franc pacifique and adopting the euro.

Remote future:
Flag of the African Union African Economic Community, Arab Maghreb Union, Flag of Association of Southeast Asian Nations Association of Southeast Asian Nations, Flag of Caribbean Community Caribbean Community,2008? South American Community of Nations, [[Image:ECOWAS Flag.png|22px||
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