Currencies and countries

The World Currencies Database includes 788 currency symbols, names and countries with historical or other coinage information and has received over 515686 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$ 19002  10.08%
NUr$ 19002  10.08%
GS 14644  7.77%
SKr 13190  7.00%
Ptas 12287  6.52%
RO 11294  5.99%
FKr 8126  4.31%
CFA Franc 7772  4.12%
Euro 7369  3.91%
Mexico 7278  3.86%
Saudi Arabia 7193  3.82%
Greece 7172  3.80%
Fmk 7169  3.80%
Czechoslovakia 6996  3.71%
Continental dollars 6916  3.67%
Brazil 6834  3.63%
Japan 6667  3.54%
fen 6648  3.53%
Spain 6514  3.46%
Hungary 6430  3.41%