Currencies and countries

The World Currencies Database includes 788 currency symbols, names and countries with historical or other coinage information and has received over 175790 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$ 7586 10.88%
NUr$ 7586 10.88%
SKr 6446 9.25%
RO 5382 7.72%
Ptas 4611 6.62%
Euro 2964 4.25%
CFA Franc 2953 4.24%
FKr 2819 4.04%
Fmk 2740 3.93%
Czechoslovakia 2739 3.93%
Saudi Arabia 2600 3.73%
Mexico 2550 3.66%
Continental dollars 2443 3.50%
Greece 2432 3.49%
Spain 2364 3.39%
Republic of China 2339 3.36%
Brazil 2329 3.34%
Hungary 2320 3.33%
gilder 2306 3.31%
Japan 2173 3.12%