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Which countries that are not independent still have their own currency?
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#54061. Asked by author. (Jan 15 05 3:45 AM)
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Baloo55th
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Hong Kong still uses the Honk Kong dollar, and it appears that Macao still uses the pataca. Some non-independent places don't use the currency of the nation to which they 'belong'. The British Virgin Islands uses the US dollar, and the currency of Bermuda is pegged to the US dollar. The question of whether the Channel Islands are independent or not is an interesting one, but they do issue their own coins, as does the Isle of Man, but these are equivalent to the UK coinage. There's rather more issuing of stamps by non-independent places than issuing of currency.
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Flynn_17
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Faroe Islands has its own currency, the Faroe Króner. Macau still uses the Pataca, and for a while, there was a Hutt River Province in Australia. The Cocos (Keeling) Islands produce their own currency, too.
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Baloo55th
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The currency of the Hutt River Province, like that of Sealand, was not recognised anywhere else. The currency of Somaliland is also not widely recognised, nor is the de jure independence of that country. De facto, it is independent.
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author
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Well, you forget all of these:
Cayman Islands: Cayman dollar (KYD)
Falkland Islands: Falkland pound (FKP)
French Polynesia/New Caledonia/Wallis and Futuna Islands: CFPF Franc (XPF)
Gibraltar: Gibraltar pound (GIP)
Netherlands Antilles: Netherlands Antilles Guilder (ANG)
Aruba: Aruba Guilder (AWG)
Anguilla and Montserrat: East Caribbean dollar (XCD)
Montenegro: Euro
Kosovo: Euro and New Yugoslav dinar (YUD)
By the way: Cocos and Christmas Islands uses Australian dollar (AUD).
The Faroes and Greenland uses Danish krone (DKK).
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Baloo55th
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Hang on - "in Serbia the Serbian dinar (CSD) is legal tender, but the euro (EUR) is the de facto currency; in Montenegro and Kosovo the euro is legal tender. (2004)" CIA. They aren't part of the EC money system and don't issue euro money yet. http://www.eurocoins.co.uk/othercountries.html
The Falkland Pound and the UK pound are interchangeable in practice in the islands, but not outside. Exchange any Falkland money before leaving - no-one else will take it. The Gibraltar pound is the pound sterling as well. The CFPF francs are not issued by the local country, but by France for use by more than one place. The East Caribbean dollar is also a central currency for small places. I didn't forget these - I ignored them as not fitting the question by not being truly locally issued.
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