Currencies and countries

The World Currencies Database includes 788 currency symbols, names and countries with historical or other coinage information and has received over 520965 search inquires.

Selected title: Qatar
Explanation: Official name: State of Qatar. Monetary unit: Indian rupee = 100 paise. Persian Gulf rupee replaced the Indian rupee. The Saudi Arabian riyal replaced the Persian Gulf rupee in 1966, Saudi Arabian riyal = 100 halalah. The Qatar/Dubai riyal replaced the Saudi Arabian riyal in 1967. The Qatar riyal replaced the Qatar/Dubai riyal at par on May 20, 1973. Current Monetary unit: 1 riyal (QR) = 100 dirhams

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NUr$ 19216  10.08%
NUr$ 19216  10.08%
GS 14771  7.75%
SKr 13276  6.97%
Ptas 12372  6.49%
RO 11423  5.99%
FKr 8264  4.34%
CFA Franc 7847  4.12%
Euro 7439  3.90%
Mexico 7352  3.86%
Saudi Arabia 7308  3.83%
Greece 7299  3.83%
Fmk 7240  3.80%
Czechoslovakia 7066  3.71%
Continental dollars 6987  3.67%
Brazil 6908  3.62%
Japan 6762  3.55%
fen 6721  3.53%
Spain 6575  3.45%
Hungary 6518  3.42%