Currencies and countries

The World Currencies Database includes 788 currency symbols, names and countries with historical or other coinage information and has received over 499869 search inquires.

Selected title: Japan
Explanation: Official name: Japan. Monetary unit: 1 yen (¥) = 100 sen

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Currency or countrySearchesPercentage
NUr$ 18516 10.08%
NUr$ 18516 10.08%
GS 14390 7.83%
SKr 12954 7.05%
Ptas 12122 6.60%
RO 11071 6.03%
FKr 7801 4.25%
CFA Franc 7499 4.08%
Euro 7228 3.93%
Mexico 7075 3.85%
Fmk 6979 3.80%
Greece 6902 3.76%
Czechoslovakia 6855 3.73%
Saudi Arabia 6800 3.70%
Continental dollars 6766 3.68%
Brazil 6583 3.58%
fen 6514 3.55%
Japan 6492 3.53%
Spain 6367 3.47%
Hungary 6283 3.42%