Currencies and countries

The World Currencies Database includes 788 currency symbols, names and countries with historical or other coinage information and has received over 5850 search inquires.

Random term: Uruguay

Explanation: Official name: Oriental Republic of Uruguay. Monetary unit: peso = 100 centésimos. Uruguayan new peso (NUr$) replaced the old peso in November 1973 at the rate of 1 new peso to 1,000 old peso. 1 Uruguayan new peso (NUr$) = 100 centésimos. The peso uruguayo (Uruguayan peso (Ur$)) replaced the new Uruguayan peso (NUr$) on March 1, 1993 at the rate of 1 Uruguayan peso = 1,000 new Uruguayan pesos. Current Monetary unit: 1 peso uruguayo (Uruguayan peso (Ur$)) = 100 centisimos

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