Currencies and countries

The World Currencies Database includes 788 currency symbols, names and countries with historical or other coinage information and has received over 184882 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$ 7962 10.81%
NUr$ 7962 10.81%
SKr 6740 9.15%
RO 5828 7.91%
Ptas 5002 6.79%
Euro 3146 4.27%
FKr 3080 4.18%
CFA Franc 3064 4.16%
Fmk 2868 3.89%
Czechoslovakia 2865 3.89%
Saudi Arabia 2720 3.69%
Mexico 2683 3.64%
Continental dollars 2604 3.54%
Greece 2554 3.47%
Spain 2471 3.36%
Republic of China 2455 3.33%
Brazil 2451 3.33%
Hungary 2427 3.30%
gilder 2418 3.28%
Japan 2280 3.10%