Currencies and countries

The World Currencies Database includes 788 currency symbols, names and countries with historical or other coinage information and has received over 515800 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$ 19006  10.08%
NUr$ 19006  10.08%
GS 14648  7.77%
SKr 13191  7.00%
Ptas 12288  6.52%
RO 11297  5.99%
FKr 8128  4.31%
CFA Franc 7773  4.12%
Euro 7373  3.91%
Mexico 7280  3.86%
Saudi Arabia 7195  3.82%
Greece 7174  3.80%
Fmk 7170  3.80%
Czechoslovakia 7001  3.71%
Continental dollars 6917  3.67%
Brazil 6835  3.62%
Japan 6669  3.54%
fen 6650  3.53%
Spain 6516  3.46%
Hungary 6431  3.41%