Currencies and countries

The World Currencies Database includes 788 currency symbols, names and countries with historical or other coinage information and has received over 166189 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$ 7238 11.01%
NUr$ 7238 11.01%
SKr 6122 9.31%
RO 4936 7.51%
Ptas 4225 6.42%
CFA Franc 2811 4.27%
Euro 2797 4.25%
FKr 2677 4.07%
Fmk 2616 3.98%
Czechoslovakia 2598 3.95%
Saudi Arabia 2456 3.73%
Mexico 2399 3.65%
Greece 2299 3.50%
Continental dollars 2288 3.48%
Spain 2230 3.39%
Republic of China 2204 3.35%
Brazil 2197 3.34%
Hungary 2193 3.33%
gilder 2183 3.32%
Japan 2049 3.12%