Currencies and countries

The World Currencies Database includes 788 currency symbols, names and countries with historical or other coinage information and has received over 477178 search inquires.

Selected title: peso
Explanation: Silver and copper coin and Monetary unit of Mexico equal to 100 centavos; a silver coin and Monetary unit of Cuba equal to 100 centavos; Monetary unit of Chile, Colombia, The Dominican Republic, Guinea-Bissau and Uruguay and the former Monetary unit of Argentina and Bolivia. A paper money and Monetary unit of the Philippines equal to 100 centavos. A former silver coin of Spain and Spanish America equal to eight reals, dollar, piece of eight, piaster

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NUr$ 17946  10.06%
GS 14139  7.93%
SKr 12676  7.11%
Ptas 11905  6.68%
RO 10862  6.09%
FKr 7446  4.18%
CFA Franc 7168  4.02%
Euro 7063  3.96%
Mexico 6897  3.87%
Czechoslovakia 6674  3.74%
Fmk 6667  3.74%
Greece 6627  3.72%
Continental dollars 6559  3.68%
Saudi Arabia 6508  3.65%
Brazil 6361  3.57%
fen 6324  3.55%
Japan 6310  3.54%
Spain 6162  3.46%
Hungary 6055  3.40%