Currencies and countries

The World Currencies Database includes 788 currency symbols, names and countries with historical or other coinage information and has received over 322755 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$ 12574 10.55%
SKr 9739 8.17%
RO 8568 7.19%
Ptas 8445 7.08%
Euro 4997 4.19%
FKr 4937 4.14%
CFA Franc 4863 4.08%
Mexico 4750 3.98%
Czechoslovakia 4641 3.89%
Fmk 4537 3.81%
Continental dollars 4468 3.75%
Greece 4442 3.73%
Saudi Arabia 4438 3.72%
fen 4278 3.59%
Japan 4276 3.59%
Brazil 4229 3.55%
Spain 4204 3.53%
Hungary 4130 3.46%
Republic of China 4053 3.40%