Venezuela, leftist allies create regional currency, April 16, 2009.

Many families now use it as a regional currency.

None of the regional currencies is widely available internationally.

He lists them as follows: *The steady appreciation of the United States dollar, to which many regional currencies have been linked.

The full force of the slump still lies ahead, following attacks that began in the spring on regional currencies.

There are 22 other regional currencies that have sprung up in Germany.

That makes the mark the de facto regional currency.

They also pledged to enhance an existing framework to defend regional currencies against speculators and work toward the development of Asian bond markets.

Once the baht fell, other regional currencies became candidates for devaluation, as well.

The bank trades in all major currencies as well as a large number of regional currencies.