Currencies and countries

The World Currencies Database includes 788 currency symbols, names and countries with historical or other coinage information and has received over 498260 search inquires.

Selected title: Japan
Explanation: Official name: Japan. Monetary unit: 1 yen (¥) = 100 sen

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Currency or countrySearchesPercentage
NUr$ 18462 10.07%
NUr$ 18462 10.07%
GS 14363 7.84%
SKr 12932 7.06%
Ptas 12110 6.61%
RO 11058 6.03%
FKr 7762 4.24%
CFA Franc 7469 4.08%
Euro 7217 3.94%
Mexico 7059 3.85%
Fmk 6952 3.79%
Greece 6869 3.75%
Czechoslovakia 6846 3.74%
Saudi Arabia 6768 3.69%
Continental dollars 6758 3.69%
Brazil 6571 3.59%
fen 6502 3.55%
Japan 6478 3.54%
Spain 6355 3.47%
Hungary 6253 3.41%