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World Currencies Quiz

This is a World Currencies Quiz from taste2travel!

How well do you know your World currencies? 

Test your knowledge with this currency quiz from taste2travel.

 

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01. What is the name given to the study and collection of currency?

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This image features a small part of my currency collection!

02. Which is the highest denomination euro banknote in circulation?

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03. Which is the official currency of the United Arab Emirates?

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04. Which is the official unit of currency of Lesotho?

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05. Which local currency would you be spending if you were shopping in Stockholm?

Stockholm Old Town
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06. If you were buying local currency from a currency trader in Hargeisa, Somaliland, which currency would you be purchasing?

A money changer in Hargeisa central market.
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07. If you were visiting Paramaribo, the capital of Suriname, which local currency would you be spending?

Dutch-style colonial buildings in the UNESCO-listed old town of Paramaribo.
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08. Which is the official currency of Iran?

Iran Rial banknotes.
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09. If you were visiting Easter Island, which local currency would you be spending?

Featuring fifteen moai, Ahu Tongariki is the largest ahu on Easter Island (Rapa Nui).
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10. This is the most valuable currency in the world, with 20 units of the currency currently worth US$65. Which currency is it?

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11. For most of its history, the currency of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands was the "Cocos Rupee" - a homemade currency issued by the owners of the islands - the Clunies-Ross family. Which is the official currency today?

The frontrunners in the monthly Jukong race on Home Island.
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To read more about Cocos (Keeling) Island, you can access my travel guide here - https://www.taste2travel.com/cocos-keeling-islands-travel-guide/

12. If you were holidaying in Northern Cyprus, which local currency would you be spending?

Cover Photo: View of Kyrenia harbour from Kyrenia castle.
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13. Which is the official currency of Bahrain?

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14. Which local currency would you be spending if you were holidaying on Cape Verde?

The newly released 200 escudo banknote is printed on polymer.
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15. Which is the official currency of Bangladesh?

The Taka features a portrait of the Father of the Nation, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
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16. Which is the official currency of Kyrgyzstan?

My collection of brand new Som bank notes which I obtained from a bank in Bishkek.
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17. Which is the official currency of San Marino?

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18. Which is the world's oldest currency which is still in circulation?

Currency Image
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The British pound is the world's oldest currency still in use at around 1,200 years old. Dating back to Anglo-Saxon times, the pound has gone through many changes before evolving into the currency we recognise today. The British pound is both the oldest and one of the most traded currencies​ in the world.

19. If you were visiting Nauru, which local currency would you be spending?

Cover Photo: Anibare Bay, Nauru.
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You can learn more about Nauru in my Nauru Traval Guide - https://www.taste2travel.com/nauru-travel-guide/

20. On which island is the Pacific franc the official currency?

The Pacific Franc is used in the French Pacific territories of New Caledonia, French Polynesia and Wallis and Fortuna.
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Travel Quiz 65: World Currencies Quiz
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Author: Darren McLean

Darren McLean is an Australian full-time digital nomad who has spent 36 years on a slow meander around the globe, visiting all seven continents and 236 UN+ countries and territories.

He founded taste2travel to pique one’s curiosity and inspire wanderlust.

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