Currencies and countries

The World Currencies Database includes 788 currency symbols, names and countries with historical or other coinage information and has received over 321826 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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NUr$ 12550 10.55%
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RO 8556 7.19%
Ptas 8426 7.08%
Euro 4990 4.20%
FKr 4929 4.14%
CFA Franc 4856 4.08%
Mexico 4744 3.99%
Czechoslovakia 4633 3.90%
Fmk 4529 3.81%
Continental dollars 4463 3.75%
Greece 4436 3.73%
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fen 4274 3.59%
Japan 4257 3.58%
Brazil 4221 3.55%
Spain 4196 3.53%
Hungary 4125 3.47%
Republic of China 4044 3.40%