Currencies and countries

The World Currencies Database includes 788 currency symbols, names and countries with historical or other coinage information and has received over 495141 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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NUr$ 18398 10.07%
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SKr 12897 7.06%
Ptas 12092 6.62%
RO 11039 6.04%
FKr 7714 4.22%
CFA Franc 7417 4.06%
Euro 7200 3.94%
Mexico 7037 3.85%
Fmk 6913 3.79%
Czechoslovakia 6832 3.74%
Greece 6829 3.74%
Continental dollars 6739 3.69%
Saudi Arabia 6695 3.67%
Brazil 6547 3.58%
fen 6488 3.55%
Japan 6462 3.54%
Spain 6342 3.47%
Hungary 6229 3.41%