Country Details & Historical Timeline
Brief details of each countries status, history, nationality, occupying force,
language and currency information is provided below.PLEASE NOTE: Some details may have changed since this page was generated.
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A state of Kathiawar, India, now using Indian stamps.
Currency :
- 4 pice = 1 anna.
Part of Great Britain which is now referred to as the United Kingdom.
Currency :
- 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound sterling.
- 1971 100 new pence = 1 pound.
A group of French Islands in the Pacific Ocean to the North East of Fiji.
A dependency of New Caledonia.Currency :
- 100 centimes = 1 franc.
Formerly part of West Russia and now part of Latvian Soviet Republic.
Currency :
- 10 kopecks = 1 rouble.
A former Dutch territory that became part of Indonesia.
Currency :
- 100 cents or sen = 1 rupiah.
The Western state of Australia.
Currency :
- 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound.
Formerly Netherlands New Guinea.
Under United Nations administration between 1962 and 1963.
Became known as West Irian before joining Indonesia.Currency :
- 100 cents = 1 gulden.
Prior to 1914 it was part of Austria know as East Galicia.
Independent in 1919 for one year.Currency :
- 100 heller = 1 krone.
Formerly part of South Germany and then became part of West Germany.
Currency :
- 1851 60 kreuzer = 1 gulden.
- 1875 100 pfennige = 1 mark.
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