Currencies and countries

The World Currencies Database includes 788 currency symbols, names and countries with historical or other coinage information and has received over 500370 search inquires.

Selected title: Malta
Explanation: Official name: Republic of Malta. Monetary unit: Malta pound at par with pound sterling with local notes. Malta pound (1972). Maltese lira which was formerly called the Maltese pound. Monetary unit: 1 Maltese lira (Lm) = 100 cents = 1,000 mils. The Euro was launched on January 1, 1999 and became the sole legal tender on January 1, 2008. The fixed rate of exchange is 0.429300 Maltese Lira to 1 Euro. Current Monetary unit: 1 Euro = 100 cents

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