Currencies and countries

The World Currencies Database includes 788 currency symbols, names and countries with historical or other coinage information and has received over 157306 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$ 6830 10.98%
NUr$ 6830 10.98%
SKr 5737 9.22%
RO 4615 7.42%
Ptas 3908 6.28%
CFA Franc 2693 4.33%
Euro 2675 4.30%
FKr 2570 4.13%
Fmk 2517 4.05%
Czechoslovakia 2467 3.97%
Saudi Arabia 2344 3.77%
Mexico 2276 3.66%
Greece 2173 3.49%
Continental dollars 2154 3.46%
Spain 2108 3.39%
Hungary 2089 3.36%
Republic of China 2085 3.35%
Brazil 2080 3.34%
gilder 2070 3.33%
Japan 1932 3.11%