Currencies and countries

The World Currencies Database includes 788 currency symbols, names and countries with historical or other coinage information and has received over 512353 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$ 18902  10.08%
NUr$ 18902  10.08%
GS 14586  7.78%
SKr 13142  7.01%
Ptas 12251  6.53%
RO 11239  5.99%
FKr 8061  4.30%
CFA Franc 7716  4.12%
Euro 7333  3.91%
Mexico 7239  3.86%
Saudi Arabia 7135  3.81%
Fmk 7133  3.80%
Greece 7113  3.79%
Czechoslovakia 6961  3.71%
Continental dollars 6874  3.67%
Brazil 6797  3.62%
Japan 6621  3.53%
fen 6615  3.53%
Spain 6487  3.46%
Hungary 6397  3.41%