Currencies and countries

The World Currencies Database includes 788 currency symbols, names and countries with historical or other coinage information and has received over 452704 search inquires.

Selected title: Italy
Explanation: Official name: Italian Republic. Monetary unit: 1 lira (Lit plural Lire) = 100 centésimi. The Euro was launched on January 1, 1999 and became the sole legal tender on January 1, 2002. The fixed rate of exchange is 1936.27 lira to 1 Euro. Current Monetary unit: 1 Euro = 100 cents

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Currency or countrySearchesPercentage
NUr$ 17066  10.11%
NUr$ 17066  10.11%
GS 13690  8.11%
SKr 12206  7.23%
Ptas 11475  6.80%
RO 10460  6.20%
FKr 6854  4.06%
CFA Franc 6692  3.96%
Euro 6686  3.96%
Mexico 6521  3.86%
Czechoslovakia 6249  3.70%
Fmk 6189  3.67%
Continental dollars 6141  3.64%
Greece 6108  3.62%
Saudi Arabia 6090  3.61%
Brazil 5943  3.52%
fen 5935  3.52%
Japan 5920  3.51%
Spain 5798  3.43%
Hungary 5714  3.38%