I saw below info. and I thought that it might help to fellow beginners like me . I saw the info. on this link http://www.askphil.org/ CURRENCY DESIGNATIONS Af Afghan (Afghanistan) $A Dollar (Australia, Kiribati, Nauru, Tuvalu) B, b Baht (Thailand) B Balboa (Panama, also uses $US as the national currency) B, Bi Birr (Ethiopia) BF, BFr Franc (Belgium) BF, BFr Franc (Burundi) Bo Boliviano (Bolivia) Bs Bolivar (Venezuela) $B Dollar (Bahamas, Barbados, Bermuda, British Honduras/Belize) C Cedi (Ghana) CF, CFr Franc (Democratic Republic of Congo) CFA Fr Franc (French Africa Community: Benin, Burkina Faso, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Mali Republic, Niger, Reunion, Senegal, Togo) CFP Fr Franc (French Pacific Community: French Polynesia, New Caledonia, Wallis and Futuna) Ch Chon (Peoples Democratic Republc of Korea) Co Cordoba (Nicaragua) Co Colon (Costa Rica, El Salvador) $C Dollar (Canada) £C Pound (Cyprus) D Drachma (Greece) D, d Dinar (Algeria, Bahrain, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Libya, Montenegro, Sudan, Tunisia, Yugoslavia) D Dalasi (Gambia) D Denar (Macedonia) D Dirham (Morocco, United Arab Emirates) D, d Dong (Viet Nam) D, Do Dobra (St. Thomas and Prince) D, Dm Dram (Armenia) DF, DFr Franc (Djibouti) DK, DKr Kroner (Denmark, Greenland) DM, Mk Mark (Germany) E Euro (European Economic Community/EEC) Es Escudo (Portugal, Cape Verde) £E Pound (Egypt) $EC Dollar (Eastern Caribbean Community: Anguilla, Antigua, Dominica, Grenada, Montserrat, Nevis, St. Christopher, St. Lucia, St. Vincent) FF, FFr Franc (France, Andorra, Monaco) Fo, fo Forint (Hungary) $F Dollar (Fiji) G, g Gourde (Haiti) G, Gs Guarani (Paraguay) GF, GFr Franc (Guinea -- Conarky) GLD Guilder (Netherlands) $G Dollar (British Guiana / Guyana) Hr Hryvnia (Ukraine) $HK Dollar (Hong Kong) IK, IKr Krona (Iceland) $J Dollar (Jamaica) K, k Kuna (Croatia) K, k Koruna (Czech Republic) K, k Kroon (Estonia) K Kina (Papua New Guinea) K Kip (Laos) K, Kw Kwanza (Angola) K, Ky Kyat (Myanmar) Kw Kwacha (Zambia) L Lira (Italy, San Marino, Turkey, Vatican) L, l Lek (Albania) L Leone (Sierra Leone) L Lempira (Honduras) L Leu (Romania) L, l Leu (Moldava) L, La Lari (Georgia) L, Li Litas (Lithuania) L, Li Lilangeni (Swaziland) LF, LFr Franc (Luxembourg) Lt Lat (Latvia) Lv Lev (Bulgaria) $L Dollar (Liberia) £L Pound (Lebanon) M Metical (Mozambique) M, Ma Maloti (Lesotho) M, Ma Manat (Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan) MF, MFr Franc (Madagaascar) MK Markka (Finland) £M Pound (Malta) N Naira (Nigeria) N, Ng Ngultrum (Bhutan) NK, NKr Kroner (Norway) $NT Dollar (China, Republic of) $NZ Dollar (New Zealand) O, Ou Ouguiya (Mauritania) ÖSch Schilling (Austria) P Peso (Argentina, Chile, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Mexico, Philippines, Uruguay) P Punt (Ireland) P, Pu Pula (Botswana) PT, PTs Pataca (Macao) Pta Peseta (Spain) Q, q Quetzal (Guatemala) R Rand (Republic of South Africa, Namibia) R, r Riyal (Qatar, Saudi Arabia) R, r Rupee (India, Mauritius, Nepal, Pakistan, Seychelles, Sri Lanka) R Real (Brazil) R Rial (Iran) R Riel (Cambodia) R, r Ruble (Belarus, Russia) R, Ri Rial (Sultanate of Oman, Yemen) R, Ri Ringgit (Malaysia) R, Ru Ruble (Belarus, Russia, Tajikistan, Transdniestra) R, Ru Rufiya (Republic of Maldives) RF, RFr Franc (Rwanda) Rp Rupiah (Indonesia) S, s Sucre (Ecuador) S Som (Uzbekistan) S Som (Kyrgyzstan) SF, SFr Franc (Switzerland, Liechtenstein) SK, SKr Krona (Sweden) SK Koruna (Slovakia) $S Dollar (Singapore) T Tala (Western Samoa) T, Te Tenga (Kazakhstan) T, Tg Tugrik (Mongolia) To Tolar (Slovenia) $T Dollar (China, Republic of) $T Pa'anga (Tonga) $T&T Dollar (Trinidad and Tobago) $US Dollar (United States, British Virgin Islands, Marshall Islands, Palau, Panama, Turks & Caicos Islands) V Vatu (Vanuatu) W Won (Republic of Korea, Peoples Democratic Republic of Korea) Y Renminbi Yuan (China, Peoples Republic of) Zl Zloty (Poland) $Z Dollar (Zimbabwe) £ Pound (United Kingdom) ¥ Yen (Japan)
Excellent resource. Thank you for your time to put this together for us. I will have to print it out for future reference.
That's a very nice list you have made there. Just a few additions more to your list. For India and Pakistan as you have mentioned it is called Rupees, there is another name which is used locally there which is Paisa. Also in Afghanistan, they have their own currency but the primary currency which is used now is $$ there.
And it would take all the fun out of it as you would then have a single currency and a single designed stamp LOL
I wouldn't think so, I'd say the stamps themselves will always remain the same, but the single price of it all would still be much better.
Well I'm sure that it wouldn't detract from the fun of collecting, the currency could be the same yet the images would still be different.
I see that the link is the Collectors Club if Chicago. There seems to be quite a bit to investigate on this site, I will do that when I have more time. They seem to have links and publications but I doubt it tells you how to profit from buying and selling stamps.
Its surprising the amount of countries you can get collectable stamps from. Are there any countries where the stamps are worth more? It is a nice list of abbreviated countries.