Currencies and countries

The World Currencies Database includes 788 currency symbols, names and countries with historical or other coinage information and has received over 201708 search inquires.

Selected term: 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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Currency or countrySearchesPercentage
NUr$ 8708 10.74%
NUr$ 8708 10.74%
SKr 7266 8.96%
RO 6500 8.01%
Ptas 5731 7.07%
FKr 3542 4.37%
Euro 3481 4.29%
CFA Franc 3290 4.06%
Fmk 3131 3.86%
Czechoslovakia 3123 3.85%
Saudi Arabia 2960 3.65%
Mexico 2954 3.64%
Continental dollars 2916 3.60%
Greece 2815 3.47%
Brazil 2709 3.34%
Spain 2709 3.34%
Republic of China 2684 3.31%
gilder 2675 3.30%
Hungary 2668 3.29%
Japan 2535 3.13%