Currencies and countries

The World Currencies Database includes 788 currency symbols, names and countries with historical or other coinage information and has received over 453991 search inquires.

Selected title: Ireland
Explanation: Official name: Ireland. Monetary unit: 1 Irish pound (£Ir) = 100 new pence. The Euro was launched on January 1, 1999 and became the sole legal tender on January 1, 2002. The fixed rate of exchange is 0.787564 Irish Pounds to 1 Euro. Current Monetary unit: 1 Euro = 100 cents

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RO 10483  6.19%
FKr 6890  4.07%
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Euro 6710  3.96%
Mexico 6547  3.87%
Czechoslovakia 6271  3.70%
Fmk 6210  3.67%
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Greece 6138  3.62%
Saudi Arabia 6108  3.61%
Brazil 5965  3.52%
fen 5959  3.52%
Japan 5937  3.51%
Spain 5826  3.44%
Hungary 5731  3.38%