Currencies and countries

The World Currencies Database includes 788 currency symbols, names and countries with historical or other coinage information and has received over 242568 search inquires.

Selected title: Spain
Explanation: Official name: Kingdom of Spain. Monetary unit: 1 peseta (Pta plural Ptas) = 100 céntimos. The Euro was launched on January 1, 1999 and became the sole legal tender on January 1, 2002. The fixed rate of exchange is 166.386 peseta to 1 Euro. Current Monetary unit: 1 Euro = 100 cents

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Euro 4094 4.30%
FKr 4064 4.27%
CFA Franc 3946 4.15%
Czechoslovakia 3727 3.92%
Fmk 3657 3.84%
Mexico 3606 3.79%
Continental dollars 3535 3.71%
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Brazil 3276 3.44%
Hungary 3238 3.40%
Republic of China 3180 3.34%
gilder 3173 3.33%
Japan 3097 3.25%