Country Details & Historical Timeline
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A district in the Spanish Sahara.
An island off the North coast of Borneo.
Under British Control from 1846, and a British colony from 1902.
Part of Straits Settlements from 1906 until it became part of North Borneo in 1946.Currency :
- 100 cents = 1 dollar.
A British colony on the South coast of Nigeria.
United with Southern Nigeria in 1906.Currency :
- 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound.
Formerly part of French Indo-China and became independent in 1951.
Currency :
- 1951 100 cents = 1 piastre.
- 1955 100 cents = 1 kip.
A state of Beluchistan, now part of Pakistan.
Currency :
- 12 pies = 1 anna; 16 annas = 1 rupee.
Formerly known as Alaouites, a Syrian state that changed its name in 1930.
Now uses Syrian stamps.Currency :
- 100 centiemes = 1 piastre.
Acountry on the Baltic Sea.
Formerly under Russian rule.
Independent in 1918, and now part of Soviet Russia.Currency :
- 100 kapeikas = 1 rouble.
- 1923 100 santimi (centimes) = 1 lat.
Formerly part of the Turkish Empire.
Independent in 1941.Currency :
- 100 centiemes = 1 piastre.
- 100 piastres = 1 Lebanese pound.
A group of islands that includes Antigua, Barbuda, British Virgin Islands, Dominica, Montserrat, Nevis, St. Christopher and St. Kitts.
Stamps in use until 1956.Currency :
- 1890 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound.
- 1951 100 cents = 1 West Indian dollar.
Formerly Basutoland a British Commonwealth country.
Became independent on 4 October 1966 when its name changed to Lesotho.Currency :
- 100 cents = 1 rand.
A republic on the West coast of Africa.
Currency :
- 100 cents = 1 dollar.
Formerly an Italian colony in North Africa.
Became an independent kingdom in 1951 and became the Libyan Arab Republic in 1969.Currency :
- 1912 100 centesimi = 1 lira.
- 1952 1000 milliemes = 1 Libyan pound.
- 1972 1000 dirhams = 1 dinar.
An independent principality between Austria and Switzerland.
Currency :
- 1912 100 heller = 1 krone.
- 1921 100 rappen = 1 franc (Swiss).
A country on the Baltic Sea.
Formerly under Russian rule.
Became independent under German Eastern Command.
Now part of Soviet Russia.Currency :
- 1918 100 skatiku = 1 auksinas.
- 1922 100 centu = 1 litas.
Formerly know as Austrian Italy.
Lombardy joined Sardinia in 1859 and Venetia joined Italy in 1866.Currency :
- 1950 100 centesimi = 1 new lira.
- 1958 100 soldi = 1 florin.
- 1958 100 kreuzer = 1 gulden.
A Portuguese colony in East Africa.
Now part of Mozambique.Currency :
- 1895 1000 reis = 1 milreis.
- 1913 100 centavos = 1 escudo.
Formerly a free city on the Baltic Sea.
Now part of West Germany.Currency :
- 16 schillinge = 1 mark.
Independent Grand Duchy between Belgian and Saar.
Occupied by Germany between 1940 and 1944.Currency :
- 1852 12.5 centimes = 1 silver groschen.
- 1852 100 centimes = 1 franc.
- 1940 100 pfennig = 1 reichsmark.
- 1944 100 centimes = 1 franc (Belgian).
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