Currencies and countries

The World Currencies Database includes 788 currency symbols, names and countries with historical or other coinage information and has received over 511367 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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Currency or countrySearchesPercentage
NUr$ 18872  10.08%
NUr$ 18872  10.08%
GS 14570  7.78%
SKr 13125  7.01%
Ptas 12238  6.54%
RO 11225  6.00%
FKr 8039  4.29%
CFA Franc 7701  4.11%
Euro 7322  3.91%
Mexico 7224  3.86%
Fmk 7120  3.80%
Saudi Arabia 7117  3.80%
Greece 7097  3.79%
Czechoslovakia 6949  3.71%
Continental dollars 6866  3.67%
Brazil 6791  3.63%
Japan 6612  3.53%
fen 6608  3.53%
Spain 6477  3.46%
Hungary 6387  3.41%