Currencies and countries

The World Currencies Database includes 788 currency symbols, names and countries with historical or other coinage information and has received over 527874 search inquires.

Selected title: Greece
Explanation: Official name: Hellenic Republic. Monetary unit: 1 drachma (Dr) = 100 lepta. The Euro was launched on January 1, 1999 and became the sole legal tender on January 1, 2011. The fixed rate of exchange is 340.750 Greek Drachmas to 1 Euro. Current Monetary unit: 1 Euro = 100 cents

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Currency or countrySearchesPercentage
NUr$ 19532  10.10%
NUr$ 19532  10.10%
GS 14945  7.73%
SKr 13396  6.93%
Ptas 12477  6.45%
RO 11590  5.99%
FKr 8442  4.36%
CFA Franc 7944  4.11%
Euro 7534  3.89%
Saudi Arabia 7480  3.87%
Greece 7476  3.86%
Mexico 7452  3.85%
Fmk 7329  3.79%
Czechoslovakia 7157  3.70%
Continental dollars 7085  3.66%
Brazil 7016  3.63%
Japan 6899  3.57%
fen 6805  3.52%
Spain 6666  3.45%
Hungary 6618  3.42%