Currencies and countries

The World Currencies Database includes 788 currency symbols, names and countries with historical or other coinage information and has received over 242593 search inquires.

Selected title: Greece
Explanation: Official name: Hellenic Republic. Monetary unit: 1 drachma (Dr) = 100 lepta. The Euro was launched on January 1, 1999 and became the sole legal tender on January 1, 2011. The fixed rate of exchange is 340.750 Greek Drachmas to 1 Euro. Current Monetary unit: 1 Euro = 100 cents

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NUr$ 10084 10.60%
NUr$ 10084 10.60%
SKr 8073 8.48%
RO 7308 7.68%
Ptas 6745 7.09%
Euro 4095 4.30%
FKr 4065 4.27%
CFA Franc 3947 4.15%
Czechoslovakia 3728 3.92%
Fmk 3658 3.84%
Mexico 3607 3.79%
Continental dollars 3535 3.71%
Saudi Arabia 3502 3.68%
Greece 3478 3.65%
Spain 3290 3.46%
Brazil 3277 3.44%
Hungary 3239 3.40%
Republic of China 3180 3.34%
gilder 3174 3.34%
Japan 3098 3.26%