Currencies and countries

The World Currencies Database includes 788 currency symbols, names and countries with historical or other coinage information and has received over 192701 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$ 8328 10.76%
NUr$ 8328 10.76%
SKr 7013 9.06%
RO 6174 7.98%
Ptas 5369 6.94%
FKr 3339 4.31%
Euro 3296 4.26%
CFA Franc 3170 4.10%
Fmk 2996 3.87%
Czechoslovakia 2995 3.87%
Saudi Arabia 2834 3.66%
Mexico 2819 3.64%
Continental dollars 2743 3.54%
Greece 2684 3.47%
Brazil 2583 3.34%
Spain 2578 3.33%
Republic of China 2555 3.30%
Hungary 2542 3.28%
gilder 2541 3.28%
Japan 2412 3.12%