Currencies and countries

The World Currencies Database includes 788 currency symbols, names and countries with historical or other coinage information and has received over 519673 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$ 19160  10.08%
NUr$ 19160  10.08%
GS 14736  7.75%
SKr 13257  6.98%
Ptas 12344  6.50%
RO 11384  5.99%
FKr 8226  4.33%
CFA Franc 7827  4.12%
Euro 7419  3.90%
Mexico 7333  3.86%
Saudi Arabia 7278  3.83%
Greece 7261  3.82%
Fmk 7222  3.80%
Czechoslovakia 7049  3.71%
Continental dollars 6971  3.67%
Brazil 6884  3.62%
Japan 6739  3.55%
fen 6704  3.53%
Spain 6561  3.45%
Hungary 6492  3.42%