Currencies and countries

The World Currencies Database includes 788 currency symbols, names and countries with historical or other coinage information and has received over 531189 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 11655  5.99%
FKr 8506  4.37%
CFA Franc 7985  4.11%
Euro 7563  3.89%
Greece 7546  3.88%
Saudi Arabia 7536  3.88%
Mexico 7487  3.85%
Fmk 7369  3.79%
Czechoslovakia 7189  3.70%
Continental dollars 7112  3.66%
Brazil 7051  3.63%
Japan 6946  3.57%
fen 6842  3.52%
Spain 6703  3.45%
Hungary 6657  3.42%