Currencies and countries

The World Currencies Database includes 788 currency symbols, names and countries with historical or other coinage information and has received over 229433 search inquires.

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

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Currency or countrySearchesPercentage
NUr$ 9694 10.61%
NUr$ 9694 10.61%
SKr 7860 8.61%
RO 7141 7.82%
Ptas 6477 7.09%
Euro 3978 4.36%
FKr 3939 4.31%
CFA Franc 3682 4.03%
Czechoslovakia 3562 3.90%
Fmk 3521 3.85%
Mexico 3419 3.74%
Continental dollars 3397 3.72%
Saudi Arabia 3343 3.66%
Greece 3267 3.58%
Spain 3116 3.41%
Brazil 3101 3.40%
Republic of China 3060 3.35%
gilder 3043 3.33%
Hungary 3036 3.32%
Japan 2960 3.24%