Currencies and countries

The World Currencies Database includes 788 currency symbols, names and countries with historical or other coinage information and has received over 142024 search inquires.

Selected term: Spain
Explanation: Official name: Kingdom of Spain. Monetary unit: 1 peseta (Pta plural Ptas) = 100 céntimos. The Euro was launched on January 1, 1999 and became the sole legal tender on January 1, 2002. The fixed rate of exchange is 166.386 peseta to 1 Euro. Current Monetary unit: 1 Euro = 100 cents

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Currency or countrySearchesPercentage
NUr$ 6074 11.03%
NUr$ 6074 11.03%
SKr 5091 9.24%
RO 3907 7.09%
Ptas 3212 5.83%
CFA Franc 2448 4.44%
FKr 2359 4.28%
Euro 2352 4.27%
Fmk 2287 4.15%
Czechoslovakia 2213 4.02%
Saudi Arabia 2126 3.86%
Mexico 2031 3.69%
Greece 1956 3.55%
Spain 1904 3.46%
Hungary 1884 3.42%
Continental dollars 1875 3.40%
Republic of China 1867 3.39%
Brazil 1852 3.36%
gilder 1842 3.34%
Japan 1724 3.13%