Currencies and countries

The World Currencies Database includes 788 currency symbols, names and countries with historical or other coinage information and has received over 169410 search inquires.

Selected term: Mexico
Explanation: Official name: United Mexican States. Monetary unit: 1 Mexican peso (Mex$) = 100 centavos. The Mexican new peso was introduced on January 1, 1993. 1 new peso = 1,000 (old) peso; the (old) peso will be withdrawn at the beginning of 1995. 1 Mexican new peso (Mex$) = 100 centavos. On January 1, 1996, the name of the currency was changed to Mexican peso. Current Monetary unit: 1 Mexican peso (Mex$) = 100 centavos

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NUr$ 7366 10.96%
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Ptas 4355 6.48%
CFA Franc 2871 4.27%
Euro 2856 4.25%
FKr 2726 4.06%
Fmk 2658 3.96%
Czechoslovakia 2652 3.95%
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Greece 2352 3.50%
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Spain 2279 3.39%
Republic of China 2257 3.36%
Brazil 2241 3.33%
Hungary 2237 3.33%
gilder 2226 3.31%
Japan 2089 3.11%