Currencies and countries

The World Currencies Database includes 788 currency symbols, names and countries with historical or other coinage information and has received over 340583 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$ 13280 10.64%
NUr$ 13280 10.64%
SKr 10114 8.10%
Ptas 8925 7.15%
RO 8781 7.03%
Euro 5206 4.17%
FKr 5143 4.12%
CFA Franc 5072 4.06%
Mexico 4976 3.99%
Czechoslovakia 4837 3.87%
Fmk 4741 3.80%
Continental dollars 4689 3.76%
Saudi Arabia 4650 3.73%
Greece 4645 3.72%
Japan 4514 3.62%
fen 4484 3.59%
Brazil 4428 3.55%
Spain 4413 3.54%
Hungary 4335 3.47%
Republic of China 4245 3.40%