Currencies and countries

The World Currencies Database includes 788 currency symbols, names and countries with historical or other coinage information and has received over 537743 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 11802  6.00%
FKr 8659  4.40%
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fen 6924  3.52%
Spain 6785  3.45%
Hungary 6758  3.43%